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This is not unique to hearing. A large number of famous quotes are not exactly as uttered or written originally. We doctor up the quotes to make them more pith
by kstenerud 7y ago
This is not unique to hearing. A large number of famous quotes are not exactly as uttered or written originally.
We doctor up the quotes to make them more pithy or sound nicer, and everyone goes along, until it becomes canonized and no longer changeable.
- ncmncm 7y agoIn this case no correction is needed. He said it correctly, many heard it incorrectly. You can correct your misapprehension at any point, such as now.