Date:  Thu, 22 Jan 1998 16:12:07 +0000
From:  Lynne Murphy <M_Lynne_Murphy[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BAYLOR.EDU>
Subject: quote source

if you squeeze your brain real hard, this might be a dialect question,
but here goes:

can someone tell me who said (shaw? twain?) the following:

however eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents
were poor but honest.

if you know where s/he said it, that'd be nice to know too. and if my
quotation is inaccurate, please let me know.

i couldn't believe that no one in my department (nor any of their
quotation books) could help me on this one--i've heard it so often!

thanks in advance,
lynne
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M. Lynne Murphy
Assistant Professor in Linguistics
Department of English
Baylor University
PO Box 97404
Waco, TX 76798