[Right Wing Professor]

Just out of curiousity, were these sentences preceded by another sentence? Oh, isn't that interesting. And what was that sentence?

No, they weren't preceded by anything. You're wrong.

Are you aware, sir, that publishers, rather than authors, commonly write titles and subtitles for books?

No, I'm not aware of that. Did you just make it up?

[RussP]

"Are you aware, sir, that publishers, rather than authors, commonly write titles and subtitles for books?"

"No, I'm not aware of that. Did you just make it up?"

No, I didn't make it up. And I'll bet dollars to dimes that Bethell's publisher wrote the bogus subtitle, then Bethell corrected it when asked to sign off on it. But that wouldn't stop you from misquoting Bethell, would it.