“QUOTE ... UNQUOTE”
NEWSLETTER
The “Quote ... Unquote” Newsletter is a quarterly digest of information of
special interest to speakers, writers and all who may wish to use quotations in
their work – but equally it provides a forum for everyone who speaks and writes
the English language and is intrigued by the origins and use of words and
phrases.
The Newsletter draws on
the resources of its publisher and editor, Nigel Rees, who has been involved
with this area of language for over forty years. He has devised and presented BBC Radio’s “Quote ... Unquote” programme
since 1976 and is the author of some forty associated books dealing with
aspects of popular language and especially the humour
that derives from it.
First
published in January 1992, the Newsletter grew out of an
informally-circulated sheet of quotation queries and its basic function remains
to assist readers in tracing “lost” quotations. But, every bit as much, it
explores the origins and use of popular phraseology – including catchphrases,
slogans, colloquialisms, idioms, clichés, nicknames; and, especially, it aims
to provide useful quotations, jokes and anecdotes for those who may want them.
The Newsletter
has found a wide and enthusiastic readership among speechmakers, speechwriters,
advertising agencies, journalists, writers, broadcasters, librarians, public
relations specialists, and many other people who simply enjoy learning more
about the English language.
‘I wouldn’t miss an
edition of your Newsletter. It is a wonderful publication.’
Len Deighton, author
‘It
is great fun!’
the
William F. Buckley Jr, editor The
National Review
‘Nowhere else will you
find the unique combination of authoritative scholarship, wit, love of
language, and practical, useful information concerning quotations.’
Robert O. Skovgard, publisher of The Executive Speaker in the US
‘This Newsletter has
become a new Notes & Queries,
specializing in the serious study of formulaic language. Anybody interested in
the complex but intriguing field of phraseology needs to consult this important
publication. It is a major resource for scholars but also for general readers
who are eager to learn more about the history, nature, and meaning of
quotations and idioms’ – Prof. Wolfgang Mieder,
Editor of Proverbium.
‘I adore the Newsletter
and read every single golden word the minute it comes in!’ Claire Rayner,
advice columnist and novelist
After 17+ years as a printed subscription
quarterly, the Newsletter is now a free electronic publication,
distributed as an email-attached PDF. If
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“QUOTE ... UNQUOTE”.
The first thirty years of the Newsletter
have now been collected together as four e-volumes. For further details, go to
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