Noun 1. misquote - an incorrect quotation
misquotation
quotation, quote, citation - a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Verb 1. misquote - quote incorrectly; "He had misquoted the politician"
quote, cite - repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"
I looked it up and found it to be described as when someone is attributed with saying something they never said, or said in different way.
Examples:
"Just the facts, ma'am." * This, the best known quote from the Jack Webb series Dragnet, was never said by Sgt. Friday in any of the Dragnet radio or television series.
* Correct versions:
o "All we want are the facts, ma'am."
o "All we know are the facts, ma'am."
"Elementary, my dear Watson" o This phrase was never uttered by the character in any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's written works.
o The association of this quote with the Sherlock Holmes character likely comes from the closing lines of the 1929 film The Return of Sherlock Holmes:
Watson: Amazing, Holmes.
Holmes: Elementary, my dear Watson, elementary.
"Beam me up, Scotty" * From the Star Trek science fiction television series. Several variants of this do occur in the series, such as "Energize", "Beam me aboard," "Beam us up home," or "Two to beam up," but "Beam me up, Scotty" was never said during the run of the original Star Trek series. However, the quote "Beam me up, Scotty" was uttered in Star Trek: The Animated Series. The movie Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home included the closest other variation: "Scotty, beam me up."
The description does say to "find a great misquote", but ss far as this challenge goes, intentionally mangling a quote for the purpose of humor will be fine with me.
This is a strange category, that's for sure. Technically, a misquote involves attributing to someone something they never said, so an integral part of the concept is the person-who-never-said-it, right? And how are you gonna photograph that? Why would you even want to? Where's the hook in photographing "Beam me up, Scotty" or "Elementary, my dear Watson"?
Scarbrd's take on it was more what I was visualizing, though that's more of a "mangled quotation" or "mangled aphorism" than a "misquote.
Then there's the whole category of "spoonerisms", after the eponymous Reverend Spooner, who frequently and inadvertently switched consonants when speaking, to humorous effect:
fighting a liar — lighting a fire
you hissed my mystery lecture — you missed my history lecture
cattle ships and bruisers — battle ships and cruisers
nosey little cook — cosy little nook
a blushing crow — a crushing blow
tons of soil — sons of toil
our queer old Dean — our dear old Queen
we'll have the hags flung out — we'll have the flags hung out
you've tasted two worms — you've wasted two terms
our shoving leopard — our loving shepherd
a half-warmed fish — a half-formed wish
is the bean dizzy? — is the Dean busy?
Who the heck knows which way to go with this? DNMC up the wazoo, I suspect.
Then there's the whole category of "spoonerisms", after the eponymous Reverend Spooner, who frequently and inadvertently switched consonants when speaking, to humorous effect:
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Now spoonerisms or malapropisms would make for a humourous and interesting challenge - as it is, I think I will leave this one well alone.
And what if I use the title with a correct famous quote but make a photo kind of contradicting the quote in an humorous way?
I think this would be the fun for this challenge.
Just getting famous misquotes and representing them in a photo would be very boring in my opinion.
Then there's the whole category of "spoonerisms", after the eponymous Reverend Spooner, who frequently and inadvertently switched consonants when speaking, to humorous effect
