Thursday, 5 January 2017

When you quote people, be truthful about it …

It is acceptable to quote one another in our daily conversations; we all do it. But then only if the chain of reference is not going to be as stretchy as: Skinny said that Spoonhead said that Dummy said that Bitchy said that Deejay said that Mouthy said that he heard Paco saying that he laid Slutty the other day.

Since what is being said to have been said is going to be on the credibility of the one cited as source, do him justice and let the quotation be accurate, otherwise tell Skinny to tell Spoonhead to tell Dummy to tell Bitchy to tell Deejay to tell Mouthy that Habeeb Akande said that the talker should fill his mind with all the facts before he empties his mouth.

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