[Ads-l] Quote: Television? No good will come of this device. The word is half Greek and half Latin. - Attributed to C. P. Scott on June 9, 1956

[Laurence Horn]

To all the other cited hybrids bemoaned in the cites assembled in the QI conspectus we might add “linguistics”, which should of course be “glossistics”.  But “dialectology” is safe from scorn.



> On Sep 7, 2020, at 12:19 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I received a request via twitter to explore the remark in the subject
> line. Nigel Rees presented a 1971 attribution to Scott in "Cassell's
> Humorous Quotations" (2001). "The Macmillan Dictionary of Quotations"
> (1989) and "The Dictionary of Outrageous Quotations" (1988) credited
> Scott without citation.
> 
> In 1984 the syndicated feature Cryptoquote credited H. L. Mencken.
> 
> The Quote Investigator article presents a June 9, 1956 citation in
> "The Manchester Guardian" attributing the remark to Scott. There is
> room for improvement because Scott died in 1932.
> 
> https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/09/06/tv-greek/
> 
> Before people complained about the etymology of "television" they
> complained about "automobile" as indicated in the QI article.
> 
> Feedback welcome
> Garson
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