What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations - Hardcover

Knowles, Elizabeth

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9780199203598: What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199203598 ISBN 13: 9780199203598

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2006

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Follow the money
Fresh fields and pastures new
A good day to bury bad news
If the glove doesn't fit you must acquit

Brings together a fascinating range of wrongly remembered sayings, popular summaries of original thoughts, and apocryphal or unverifiable comments attributed to a particular person. By revealing what was (and was not) really said, this book celebrates the colour and inventiveness of language change.

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"What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations, edited by Elizabeth Knowles, supplies the backstory that comes at the end of Telephone; who said what first and how it changes along the way."--Booklist "Offers keen observations on how misquotations tend to enter our collective consciousness."--School Library Journal "The book is full of such interesting material."--Daily Oklahoman "What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations, edited by Elizabeth Knowles, supplies the backstory that comes at the end of Telephone; who said what first and how it changes along the way."--Booklist "Offers keen observations on how misquotations tend to enter our collective consciousness."--School Library Journal "The book is full of such interesting material."--Daily Oklahoman "What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations, edited by Elizabeth Knowles, supplies the backstory that comes at the end of Telephone; who said what first and how it changes along the way."--Booklist "Offers keen observations on how misquotations tend to enter our collective consciousness."--School Library Journal "The book is full of such interesting material."--Daily Oklahoman "What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations, edited by Elizabeth Knowles, supplies the backstory that comes at the end of Telephone; who said what first and how it changes along the way."--Booklist "Offers keen observations on how misquotations tend to enter our collective consciousness."--School Library Journal "The book is full of such interesting material."--Daily Oklahoman

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