[Vwoolf] A Woolf quotation? Probably not...

[Sarah M. Hall]

 Thanks, Fred, but Margaret Irwin's novel was first published in 1928, so it pre-dates this by a few decades. However, the web page didn't include the date, so I've now added this.
Sarah



    On Friday, 3 January 2025 at 14:47:18 GMT, Shapiro, Fred via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:  
 
 I am just now discovering the misattribution page. Modern techniques of quotation research may be able to improve upon the information there. For example, "All the couples are triangles, and they all live in squares," referring toI am just now discovering the misattribution page.  Modern techniques of quotation research may be able to improve upon the information there.  For example, "All the couples are triangles, and they all live in squares," referring to Bloomsbury, appeared in the Daily Telegraph, July 11, 1974.
Fred ShapiroEditorNew Yale Book of Quotations (Yale University Press)

From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Edward Mendelson via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 3, 2025 9:41 AM
To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] A Woolf quotation? Probably not... At the risk of adding to your burdens, it might be worth adding these to the minimal list of misattributions at wikiquote.org <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Furldefense.com*2Fv3*2F__http*3A*2F*2Fwikiquote.org*2F__*3B!!KGKeukY!yrqd9hbNSLRe2SHfs9hgGPi2Vki2rJqrg4MdyYBCKf2R5n3kfyPDBuyeUYk4eOs87gQOxZe29AvHfoMGCGSetimpzk4oBBzFjDw*24&data=05*7C02*7Cfred.shapiro*40yale.edu*7C3812c48c62c745c3b06208dd2c04c599*7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c*7C0*7C0*7C638715121203701581*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ*3D*3D*7C0*7C*7C*7C&sdata=7GGJMC3IR5LYF2Vl53fePBsVWUd7iW*2BP2hpws1N2JH4*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!KGKeukY!0u4ruwFYRyYljKJp2mgMuCfULY1hZYCPQ0HqXwTDbyGyoKBU73TrehDL-XyAD97H9gftQlT69EWcorW94tTEvz2R$  >:

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Furldefense.com*2Fv3*2F__https*3A*2F*2Fen.wikiquote.org*2Fwiki*2FVirginia_Woolf*Misattributed__*3BIw!!KGKeukY!yrqd9hbNSLRe2SHfs9hgGPi2Vki2rJqrg4MdyYBCKf2R5n3kfyPDBuyeUYk4eOs87gQOxZe29AvHfoMGCGSetimpzk4o-cq4MCY*24&data=05*7C02*7Cfred.shapiro*40yale.edu*7C3812c48c62c745c3b06208dd2c04c599*7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c*7C0*7C0*7C638715121203719355*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ*3D*3D*7C0*7C*7C*7C&sdata=NPj97CjmDJNvBCuxUzZElLR2OOFc618JhdflGabga3A*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSolJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!KGKeukY!0u4ruwFYRyYljKJp2mgMuCfULY1hZYCPQ0HqXwTDbyGyoKBU73TrehDL-XyAD97H9gftQlT69EWcorW94m39ms5t$ 

Or at least add a link from the wikiquote page to the VWSGB page?

> On Jan 3, 2025, at 9:31 AM, Sarah M. Hall via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>     
> In case you didn’t know, Stuart N. Clarke and I set up a page dedicated to this kind of thing on the VWSGB website:In case you didn’t know, Stuart N. Clarke and I set up a page dedicated to this kind of thing on the VWSGB website:https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Furldefense.com*2Fv3*2F__http*3A*2F*2Fwww.virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk*2Fresources*2Fmisquotations__*3B!!KGKeukY!yrqd9hbNSLRe2SHfs9hgGPi2Vki2rJqrg4MdyYBCKf2R5n3kfyPDBuyeUYk4eOs87gQOxZe29AvHfoMGCGSetimpzk4oO9titqk*24&data=05*7C02*7Cfred.shapiro*40yale.edu*7C3812c48c62c745c3b06208dd2c04c599*7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c*7C0*7C0*7C638715121203731662*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ*3D*3D*7C0*7C*7C*7C&sdata=ua7Tr46S4ML1tGMYYTxmesW3MQMbuTjKszsqYj3FBiM*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!KGKeukY!0u4ruwFYRyYljKJp2mgMuCfULY1hZYCPQ0HqXwTDbyGyoKBU73TrehDL-XyAD97H9gftQlT69EWcorW94mOEg7Mg$ 
> 

_______________________________________________
Vwoolf mailing list
Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Flists.osu.edu*2Fmailman*2Flistinfo*2Fvwoolf&data=05*7C02*7Cfred.shapiro*40yale.edu*7C3812c48c62c745c3b06208dd2c04c599*7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c*7C0*7C0*7C638715121203743496*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ*3D*3D*7C0*7C*7C*7C&sdata=mHVVmrR3lyFzWxIgD79JB1JdS0DuX6Obk9dUchxF8P8*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!KGKeukY!0u4ruwFYRyYljKJp2mgMuCfULY1hZYCPQ0HqXwTDbyGyoKBU73TrehDL-XyAD97H9gftQlT69EWcorW94gtfoiHR$ 
_______________________________________________
Vwoolf mailing list
Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf
  
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/vwoolf/attachments/20250103/49975c34/attachment-0001.html>