Thanks for the explanation, Judith.  I guess I should have figured that, but the quote was so obviously a pseudo-Twainism that I wondered if there was some other meaning to it than asking whether it was an authentic Twain quote.  If Jim indicates that he is interested in when in the late twentieth century it appeared, I can help with that.


Fred Shapiro




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Fred, I did see your response as a request for clarification, although give=
n the number of spurious MT quotations in circulation, I thought that the i=
ntent of Jim=92s query was not hard to discern.
Judith


Judith Yaross Lee, Ph.D.
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ssor of Rhetoric

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Fred Shapiro



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Is this the best we can do for a colleague who asks a question?
Judith


Judith Yaross Lee, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies

Charles E. Zumkehr Professor, Rhetoric & Culture Program
Director of COMS Honors Tutorials
Director, Central Region Humanities Center
School of Communication Studies
Ohio University
Lasher Hall
Athens, Ohio 45701
T: 740-593-4888
F: 740-593-4810

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I once saw a display, in a shopping mall, entitled Genuine Replica of
the Liberty Bell.

On Tue, 2016-10-25 at 02:03 +0000, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
What do you mean exactly by "authentic quote"?  Do you mean was it
said by =3D3D3D
Mark Twain?


Fred Shapiro



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