misquotations

[John Dunn]

K. Dushenko's Slovar' sovremennyx citat (my edition dates from 2005, but there are others) is another useful source for identifying apocryphal quotations, including false Churchillisms.  As for Wayles Browne's quote about socialism, it sounds to me more like Saki (H.H. Munro) than Oscar Wilde.

John Dunn.  
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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Francoise Rosset [frosset at WHEATONMA.EDU]
Sent: 17 December 2012 00:23
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] misquotations

Here are some sites and a book ....  a start on Jules's grand
enterprise, which I totally support:

http://anateixeira.hubpages.com/hub/Famous-quotes-or-maybe-not

http://bytwerk.com/gpa/falsenaziquotations.htm

http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/speeches/quotations/quotes-falsely-attributed
('cause we've all been mis-attributing stuff to Churchill -- is this
maybe more relevant on the other side of the pond?

Ralph Keyes. *Nice guys finish seventh: False phrases, spurious
sayings, and familiar misquotations.* Harper Collins 1992

Merry holidays,
-FR

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