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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread question re: quoting characters #93860 01/30/2003 8:56 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Suppose you want to use a famous phrase from a play or novel, such as something from one of Shakespeare's plays. Is it more appropriate to attribute the quote to Shakespeare, or to the character? Does it just depend on the character, and whether or not they're well-known? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted question re: quoting characters Alex Williams 01/30/2003 8:56 PM Re: question re: quoting characters Faldage 01/30/2003 9:03 PM Re: question re: quoting characters Alex Williams 01/30/2003 9:19 PM Re: question re: quoting characters modestgoddess 01/31/2003 4:15 AM Re: question re: quoting characters tsuwm 01/31/2003 4:23 AM Re: question re: quoting characters modestgoddess 01/31/2003 4:26 AM Re: question re: quoting characters Capfka 01/31/2003 10:53 PM Re: question re: quoting characters JohnHawaii 01/31/2003 11:51 PM Re: question re: quoting characters modestgoddess 02/01/2003 2:44 AM Re: question re: quoting characters Bingley 02/01/2003 2:58 AM Re: question re: quoting characters Faldage 02/01/2003 11:16 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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