Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Q&A about words question re: quoting characters
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Alex, you're reminding me of the movie Clueless - the scene in which three characters, modern LA teenagers all, are riding along in a car, and one of them says, "It's like Hamlet said, 'To thine own self be true.'" The one riding in the back pipes up and says, "Hamlet didn't say that."
first one: I think I know my Shakespeare. It was Hamlet.
backseat: I think I know my Mel Gibson, and he never said that. It was that Polonius dude.
I'm paraphrasing coz I don't remember the exact dialogue, but that's close enough....I think I'd credit Shakespeare, probably, in conversation - eg:
friend: My family want me to go into law school, but I want to be a doctor.
me: Well - to thine own self be true.
friend: That's good, I like that. Who said it?
me: I did.
friend: But you're quoting someone, right?
me: O, all right. It was Shakespeare.
friend: Play or sonnet?
me: Play - Spamlet.
Or similar. I can't always remember which character said the thing I liked - but I can usually remember if 'twas written by Shakes or some other almost-as-great. And once you know the author, the character whom the author used as mouthpiece is lookable-uppable, for them as are interested.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted question re: quoting characters Alex Williams 01/30/03 08:56 PM Re: question re: quoting characters Faldage 01/30/03 09:03 PM Re: question re: quoting characters Alex Williams 01/30/03 09:19 PM Re: question re: quoting characters modestgoddess 01/31/03 04:15 AM Re: question re: quoting characters tsuwm 01/31/03 04:23 AM Re: question re: quoting characters modestgoddess 01/31/03 04:26 AM Re: question re: quoting characters Capfka 01/31/03 10:53 PM Re: question re: quoting characters JohnHawaii 01/31/03 11:51 PM Re: question re: quoting characters modestgoddess 02/01/03 02:44 AM Re: question re: quoting characters Bingley 02/01/03 02:58 AM Re: question re: quoting characters Faldage 02/01/03 11:16 AM
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,913Posts229,412Members9,182 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV
9,182 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 0 members (), 953 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 27
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,583tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,922Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org