[Ads-l] Joan of Arc Quote and dictionary and WOTY

[Laurence Horn]

Or, as Alexander Pope (or someone else) said (more or less),

“Our judgments are like our watches: none go just alike, yet each believes his own”.

LH


> On Jan 2, 2018, at 11:26 AM, David K. Barnhart <dbarnhart at HIGHLANDS.COM> wrote:
> 
> Reminiscent of the attribution of the "QUOTE" from Samuel Johnson:
> 
> "Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best
> cannot be expected to go quite true."
> [From _Mrs. Piozzi Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson_ (1786, he died in 1784).
> See Bartlett's... (16th ed.)]
> 
> I wonder if the same might be said of list of WOTY's.  The plethora of WOTY
> lists certainly suggests that none of them satisfy everyone.  However, the
> ADS appears to have the best foundation in its deliberations.  My
> suggestions will follow shortly.
> 
> Happy New Year to all,
> 
> David
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> As I pointed out to Fred privately, what I find interesting is that it's
> found in her rehabilitation trial, which was posthumous. So, the quote is
> reported/indirect/hearsay. Very much like the "heart of a woman, stomach of
> a man" quote attributed to QEI (recorded in someone else's letter years
> later).
> 
> ---Amy West
> 
> On 1/2/18 12:00 AM, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
>> Date:    Mon, 1 Jan 2018 16:58:12 +0000
>> From:    Margaret Winters<mewinters at WAYNE.EDU>
>> Subject: Re: Joan of Arc Quote
>> 
>> Thanks - this is interesting in that it seems to say that Joan said it (if
> she did) at some part of her trial.  Of course she probably had to answer to
> "why?" very often in varying settings.
>> 
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>> ----------------------------
>> MARGARET E WINTERS
>> Former Provost
>> Professor Emerita - French and Linguistics Wayne State University 
>> Detroit, MI  48202
>> 
>> mewinters at wayne.edu
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