FW: Re: I do not think that word means what you think it means (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Baker, John]

As far as I know, it does.  A slightly different version was used in the original book of the same name, ostensibly by S. Morgenstern but really by William Goldman:
 
 
<<"He'll never catch up!" the Sicilian cried.  "Inconceivable!"
 
"You keep using that word!"  the Spaniard snapped.  "I don't think it means what you think it does.">>
 
 
That the wording was slightly changed for the movie, to the now canonical form, suggests that it most likely is indeed the source of the widely used quote.
 
 
John Baker
 

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Subject: FW: Re: I do not think that word means what you think it means (UNCLASSIFIED)



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Does the subject phrase ("I do not think that word means what you think
it means") come from the movie "The Princess Bride"?

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