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Mark Twain is one of my favorite authors, and one of my pet literary peeves is to see his classic quote, Rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated, which captures so well the essence of his humor, show up more and more as the drab, Rumours of my death are exaggerated, or worse, Reports of my death are exaggerated...changing this is an insult to the author, the style and originality of his wit, and to his audience. As Twain himself once said, "The difference between the right word and the almost-right word is the difference between the lightning and the lightning-bug,"
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Misquoted improvements Vernon Compton 05/22/02 01:14 AM Re: Misquoted improvements wwh 05/22/02 01:47 AM Re: Misquoted with no improvements WhitmanO'Neill 05/22/02 03:28 AM Hymn changes Jackie 05/22/02 11:31 AM Re: Hymn changes AnnaStrophic 05/22/02 11:36 AM Re: Hymn changes Bean 05/22/02 11:42 AM Re: Hymn changes AnnaStrophic 05/22/02 11:44 AM Re: Hymn changes of troy 05/22/02 12:06 PM Re: Hymn changes Bean 05/22/02 12:36 PM thats why i warned every one-- rant! of troy 05/22/02 01:12 PM Re: Hymn changes Faldage 05/22/02 01:10 PM Re: Hymn changes milum 05/22/02 02:33 PM Re: Hymn changes slithy toves 05/22/02 02:50 PM Re: Hymn changes Bean 05/22/02 11:41 AM Re: Misquoted improvements Vernon Compton 05/22/02 08:02 PM
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