Shifting usage: "Who quoted this?"

[Neal Whitman]

Wasn't familiar with this usage, but just saw this today:

As Yiddish linguist Max Weinreich famously quoted, “A language is a dialect with an army and a navy.” 
http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/03/15/the-long-war-over-ukrainian-language/HXlLbK9wVnhwGShNVPKIUP/story.html?camp=id

Neal

> On Mar 27, 2014, at 4:18 PM, "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
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> Now if they'd said "who quothed this?", all would be
> okey-dokey.  [Yes, I know the past tense of "queath" is "quoth", but
> as all things tend toward regularity ...]
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> At 3/27/2014 03:20 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole wrote:
>> A couple years ago I came across websites with questions of the form
>> "Who quoted this?" I believe the queries were asking for the name of
>> the person who originated a particular quotation.
>> 
>> I apologize if this has already been discussed ad nauseam
>> 
>> Merriam Webster has:
>> quote (verb)
>> 1. to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the
>> like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
>> 
>> So the meaning of the verb has shifted for some speakers. Here are
>> two examples.
>> 
>> https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120426210420AAu5k9Z
>> 
>> [Begin excerpt]
>> Do you know who quoted this?
>> who quoted:
>> "family is not about blood it's about who is willing to hold your hand
>> when you need it the most"
>> Update 1: other than me obviously Looney, you know what i meant :p
>> [End excerpt]
>> 
>> One response:
>> [Begin excerpt]
>> You just quoted it.
>> [End excerpt]
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?32643-Who-quoted-it
>> 
>> 11-29-2011, 07:37 PM #1
>> Bruce M (offline Senior Member)
>> Join Date  Dec 2008
>> Location Chesapeake VA
>> Subject: Who quoted it?
>> 
>> [Begin excerpt]
>>    Im a big fan of good quotes and I just remembered this stupid game
>> we played in school where someone would tell a quote and we had to
>> guess who quoted it. I'll start.
>>    "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments
>> of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge
>> and controversy"
>> 
>>    EZ one, I know, but its one of my favorites.
>> [End excerpt]
>> 
>> Garson
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