10-03-2003, 04:13 AM
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| Archimides? This is all getting a bit serious and erudite...
...so here's a silly one from a well-known film. It's quotation of the week on my screensaver:
"happinesss isn't true happiness without a violin-playing goat"
Neevel, I haven't the foggiest where your two are from but the second may be on my screensaver next week!
Btw, because it's first thing in the morning and I'm feeling belligerent, can I just say that the word (noun) is "quotation". "Quote" is a verb, as in "I quote Plato on a daily basis", etc. No such thing as "a quote".
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10-03-2003, 07:19 PM
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#42 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Quote: Originally posted by Louweasel
Btw, because it's first thing in the morning and I'm feeling belligerent, can I just say that the word (noun) is "quotation". "Quote" is a verb, as in "I quote Plato on a daily basis", etc. No such thing as "a quote".
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Apparently there is.
It is "informal" and according to the usage note "best avoided", but if a word makes it into the dictionary clearly it means that there is "such a thing"....
quote
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: kwt KEY
VERB: Inflected forms: quot·ed, quot·ing, quotes
TRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To repeat or copy the words of (another), usually with acknowledgment of the source.
2. To cite or refer to for illustration or proof.
3. To repeat a brief passage or excerpt from: The saxophonist quoted a Duke Ellington melody in his solo.
4. To state (a price) for securities, goods, or services.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To give a quotation, as from a book.
NOUN: 1. Informal A quotation.
2. A quotation mark.
3. Used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a quotation.
4. A dictum; a saying.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English coten, to mark a book with numbers or marginal references, from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotre, to number chapters, from Latin quotus, of what number, from quot, how many. See kwo- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: quoter —NOUN
USAGE NOTE: People have been using the noun quote as a truncation of quotation for over 100 years, and its use in less formal contexts is widespread today. Language critics have objected to this usage, however, as unduly journalistic or breezy. As such, it is best avoided in more formal situations. The Usage Panel, at least, shows more tolerance for the word as the informality of the situation increases. Thus, only 38 percent of Panelists accept the example He began the chapter with a quote from the Bible, but the percentage rises to 53 when the source of the quotation is less serious: He lightened up his talk by throwing in quotes from Marx Brothers movies. | |
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10-06-2003, 09:14 AM
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| Fair enough, Inquartata, I stand corrected!
Not fond of it myself though - like "different to" or "different than", it may be in common usage but it sounds sloppy to me. Just don't get me started on apostrophes, or indeed any other commonly-committed offences against the English language.
Now, ending a sentence with a preposition, that's certainly something up with which I will not put....
Har har har........
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"I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from" [Eddie Izzard]
"she might not look like much, kid, but she's got it where it counts"
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10-06-2003, 07:13 PM
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| Actually Louweasel, it turns out there is nothing in english grammar that precludes ending a sentence with a preposition. There was a piece on NPR a while back. LATIN has rules against it, and for some reason, people decided that the rule applies to english. English has far more in common with germanic languages that with romance (latin-based) ones, and so the rule really doesn't apply.
So go ahead and end you sentences with any preposition you feel like ending them with. 
Which leads me onto the next quote:
What's this, then? 'Romanes Eunt Domus'? 'People called Romanes they go the house'?
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10-08-2003, 01:39 PM
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| Hee hee, you are quite right npkeith about the preposition thing - same as split infinitives. I only put it in so as to be able to use that last sentence, which pretty much backs up how daft the old rule was! Don't worry about my grasp of linguistics and the origins of various languages either - all I shall say is, on a recent trip to Budapest, I was the only one reading the signs and saying to my friends "no, don't understand a word of it, it's Finno-Ugric, not Slavic or Romance or Germanic so I've got no common ground..."
Like your quote btw. Life of Brian. "Nobody is to stone anybody until I give the word. Even if they do say Jehovah!"
Nobody's had a guess at my quotation from before! Here's another from a film by the same director:
"Scarlet, you're blind, she looks like a big meringue"
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"I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from" [Eddie Izzard]
"she might not look like much, kid, but she's got it where it counts"
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10-08-2003, 10:12 PM
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| that sounds like something out of a monty python movie... or a Mel Brooks movie come to think of it. anyway. i really doubt anybody knows where these came from...
"Damn the man! Save the empire!"
"The day that happens is the day i jump up out of my wheelchair and do a dance"
"You did have hair when you went in there right?"
"Hey! you forgot your thingy!"
"Whats with today today?"
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10-08-2003, 10:34 PM
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| Meh...my signature  my 2 favorite quotes
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10-19-2003, 01:20 AM
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| Er...Actually, I can't remember quite how it goes...
"Over-specialization breeds in weakness."
I think, have fun.
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10-20-2003, 01:14 AM
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| here is one I liked:
'I ask you what time it is and you tell me how to build a clock!' | |
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10-20-2003, 01:29 AM
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| Oo I know that one Mike. What's it from?
"Wood? Are you a witch or not?!"
"Oh right"
"There's no wood. Honestly!"
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10-20-2003, 01:52 AM
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| So...if she...weighs the same as a duck..." | |
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10-21-2003, 12:03 AM
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| quotes
"Smile while you making it. Laugh while youre taking it.
Even though your faking it. Nobodys gonna know".
name the soundtrack or the movie. | |
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10-21-2003, 02:11 AM
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| darn
I cant remember any quotes. Well,
actually all the ones i remember
have been said.
hmmmmmmmm
"the knights of Ni" | |
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10-21-2003, 10:55 PM
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| Some of the recent quotes sound familiar but can't remember where they are from.
Here's one from a movie from the nineties.
"No women, no kids". | |
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10-22-2003, 12:00 AM
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| Attack of the Giant Gila Monster, sherriff interviewing the town drunk after the train wreck scene. Quote: Originally posted by Iwant2bafencer
Oo I know that one Mike. What's it from?
"Wood? Are you a witch or not?!"
"Oh right"
"There's no wood. Honestly!" | | |
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10-22-2003, 05:12 PM
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| How can the children read when they cant even fit inside the building? | |
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10-22-2003, 05:35 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by RogueNine
How can the children read when they cant even fit inside the building? | Zoolander? | |
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10-22-2003, 06:01 PM
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10-22-2003, 09:55 PM
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10-23-2003, 05:47 PM
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| "Man: may I inquire to the health of your family?
Woman: Oh, they're very well, thank you.
(pause)
Man: Uh, may I inquire to the health of your family?
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Woman: Ooh, we must leave here at ONCE!"
ok, maybe the desired effect didn't come across in the typing, but if you havne't seen this movie (actually, miniseries), go rent it now, it's awesome.
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