Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2.fluke 9/24/84; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!fluke!inc From: inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson) Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.jokes Subject: Winston Churchill Message-ID: <528@tpvax.fluke.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 13:46:21 EST Article-I.D.: tpvax.528 Posted: Mon Feb 11 13:46:21 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Feb-85 00:43:42 EST References: <34@gitpyr.UUCP> <328@scc.UUCP> <259@psivax.UUCP><537@unc.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 28 Xref: watmath net.nlang:2577 net.jokes:10800 *** REPLACE THIS MESS *** > In article steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny) writes: > > > > ... > > > > The person replied "Here at Harvard, we never end > >a sentence with a preposition." > > > > ... > > > > I think Winston Churchill said it best. When told that you should > not end a sentence with a preposition, he replied: > > "This is something up with which I shall not put." NO NO NO --- Winnie actually said: "This is calumny, up with which we shall not put." Does anyone have any other memorable quotes from the foremost speaker of English of the century? -- Gary Benson John Fluke Mfg Co PO Box C-9090 Everett WA USA 98206 (206) 356-5367 { allegra, microsoft, ssc-vax, telematic, tikal, uw-beaver, wavetek } fluke!inc + this is the day which the lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it! +