Follow the money Fresh fields and pastures new A good day to bury bad news If the glove doesn't fit you must acquit Brings together a fascinating range of wrongly remembered sayings, popular summaries of original thoughts, and apocryphal or unverifiable comments attributed to a particular person. By revealing what was (and was not) really said, this book celebrates the colour and inventiveness of language change.
| ISBN | 0199203598 | | Pages | 176 | | ISBN13 | 9780199203598
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Weight (grammes) | 221 | | Imprint | Oxford University Press | | Published in | Oxford | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 203 | | Publication date | 26 Oct 2006 | | Width (mm) | 135 | | Library of Congress | PN6081 | | Spine width (mm) | 21 | | DEWEY | 081 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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"What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations, edited by Elizabeth Knowles, supplies the backstory that comes at the end of Telephone; who said what first and how it changes along the way."--Booklist
"Offers keen observations on how misquotations tend to enter our collective consciousness."--School Library Journal
"The book is full of such interesting material."--Daily Oklahoman
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