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

Fri Jan 3 14:30:16 EST 2025

 Thanks, Vara, this is great stuff! I wish they'd add to it: I'm sure there must be more now. More word-play than puns, strictly speaking, but I can see they need to make it snappy.
Sarah

Sarah M. Hall
Executive Council
Virginia Woolf Society of GB
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    On Friday, 3 January 2025 at 18:48:15 GMT, Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:  

 And. . . as an offshoot, here is a webpage dedicated to Virginia Woolf puns in pop culture posted on 25 January 2017. https: //lithub. com/an-incomplete-list-of-virginia-woolf-puns-in-pop-culture/ An Incomplete List of Virginia Woolf Puns in PopAnd...as an offshoot, here is a webpage dedicated to Virginia Woolf puns in pop culture posted on 25 January 2017.
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|  | An Incomplete List of Virginia Woolf Puns in Pop CultureVirginia Woolf was born 135 years ago today. In addition to being famous for her elegant prose, excellent novels, and contributions to modernism, she seems to be one of the most punned-about authors. From bands to brands to books to cocktails, people love to make Virginia Woolf jokes. Maybe it’s that lupine last name of hers—but […]lithub.com |

Vara Neverow(she/her/hers)
Professor, English DepartmentEditor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT 06515
203-392-6717
neverowv1 at southernct.edu

I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples.  

Recent Publications:

Lead editor,Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984,Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020); Co-editor,The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, PaulinaPająk, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka)

From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 3, 2025 10:03 AM
To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>; Edward Mendelson <edward.mendelson at columbia.edu>; Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] A Woolf quotation? Probably not... Regarding that specific (and very slippery) misquotation about the Bloomsberries and squares and triangles and so forth, it's worth a glance at “squares where all the couples are triangles” by Stuart N. Clarke in Issue 92 of the Virginia WoolfRegarding that specific (and very slippery) misquotation about the Bloomsberries and squares and triangles and so forth, it's worth a glance at “squares where all the couples are triangles” by Stuart N. Clarke in Issue 92 of theVirginia Woolf Miscellany on page 38: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://virginiawoolfmiscellany.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/vwm92fall2017winter20181.pdf__;!!KGKeukY!wKqoGRVi26D50QkPBrhJ5bi6f1czKDHPinIHLGda52pnbmnzUMzyegDQtv8-11A1_Dw6rZoac4fOz751OK2jDmnt$ 
Vara

Vara Neverow(she/her/hers)
Professor, English DepartmentEditor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT 06515
203-392-6717
neverowv1 at southernct.edu

I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples.  

Recent Publications:

Lead editor,Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984,Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020); Co-editor,The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, PaulinaPająk, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka)

From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces+neverowv1=southernct.edu at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Shapiro, Fred via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 3, 2025 9:46 AM
To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>; Edward Mendelson <edward.mendelson at columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] A Woolf quotation? Probably not... 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)

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Sent: Friday, January 3, 2025 9:41 AM
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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!wKqoGRVi26D50QkPBrhJ5bi6f1czKDHPinIHLGda52pnbmnzUMzyegDQtv8-11A1_Dw6rZoac4fOz751OICnJuIw$  >:

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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!wKqoGRVi26D50QkPBrhJ5bi6f1czKDHPinIHLGda52pnbmnzUMzyegDQtv8-11A1_Dw6rZoac4fOz751OPZUIaRd$ 
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