Corrected Amazon Review of YBQ

[Stephen Goranson]

Thanks for the correction. I have corrected my review by adding:
"[*Correction: The quotation _is_ included, though not under Durante but under
Radio Catchphrases; I could have found it in the keyword index, but assumed it
would appear under Durante; and I heard it on TV; in any case, a
cross-reference at Durante would have been helpful.]" And I'm sticking with
five stars.

Stephen Goranson
http://www.duke.edu?~goranson

Quoting Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>:

> There are two reviews on Amazon so far for The Yale Book of Quotations.
> Both are five stars; one is by our own Stephen Goranson.  I just want to
> correct his statement that "Everybody wants to get into the act" is
> omitted from the book; it's there on page 627.
>
> I also can't help but note that Stephen makes a point of the absence from
> the book of "the whole nine yards" -- is that a quotation?  --
> and devotes a paragraph to the Montagnard theory, about which he
> graciously concedes "there is admittedly no consensus on this yet."
>
> I hope my comments above don't obscure my authentic appreciation to
> Stephen for the five stars and his kind words about my book.

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