What they didn't say; a book of misquotations.9780199203598 What they didn't say; a book of misquotations A famous misquotation is a well-known phrase attributed to someone who either did not actually say it in that form of words, or did not say it at all. It may not be known how these phrases came about, but when possible, their type of origin is noted in this way: Ed. by Elizabeth Knowles. Oxford U. Press 2006 153 pages $19.95 Hardcover PN6081 Wrongly remembered sayings where the incorrect version has established its own identity, popular summaries of original thoughts, and apocryphal a·poc·ry·phal adj. 1. Of questionable authorship or authenticity. 2. Erroneous; fictitious: "Wildly apocryphal rumors about starvation in Petrograd . . . or unverifiable comments attributed to a particular person, are among the misquotations Knowles cites. She is a historical lexicographer A person who writes dictionaries. See computer lexicographer. and a publishing manager for Oxford Quotations Dictionaries. Among the surprising non-existent favorites are Beam me up, Scotty "Beam me up, Scotty!" is a catch phrase that made its way into pop culture from the science fiction television series . It comes from the command Captain Kirk gives his transporter chief, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, when he needs to transport back to the ship. ; and Play it again, Sam. Names are indexed. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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