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Deutsche Presse-AgenturCulture & entertainment

"Ich bin ja kein Klugscheißer, aber ich hab's euch gesagt", ist ein Zitat von George Orwell.

Publisher’s rating: Es gibt keine Belege dafür, dass George Orwell sich so geäußert hat. Das Zitat ist Experten nicht bekannt, die Ausdrucksweise entspräche ihnen zufolge auch nicht seinem Sprachstil.

The claim concerns a sentence circulated in a social-media graphic and attributed to George Orwell: “Ich bin ja kein Klugscheißer, aber ich hab’s euch gesagt.” The investigation examined whether Orwell had actually said it, rather than whether the sentiment was consistent with themes in his writing. It reports that searches found the German wording online only from 2020 onward, while searches for an English back-translation found no such version. The other appearances it found were graphics and fan merchandise using “I told you so.” The review also checked the Orwell Archive at University College London, described as the largest collection of his letters, manuscripts, and personal records. Its database did not contain the phrase “I told you so,” which appears in both the German and English versions circulating online. The absence of a database match does not, by itself, establish that Orwell never said the words, but it provides no archival support for the attribution. Two experts addressed authorship and style. Bill Hamilton, literary executor at the Orwell Foundation, rejected the attribution. Anatol Stefanowitsch, a linguist at the Free University of Berlin, said the English expression had existed since the early seventeenth century, so Orwell could theoretically have used it; however, he considered its colloquial form unlike Orwell’s more educated, literary style. The investigation also notes that Orwell died in 1950, shortly after the publication of “1984,” making it unlikely he could have been commenting on a later social shift toward the dystopian conditions depicted in his books.

FACTLYCulture & entertainment

963లో ఎన్టీఆర్‌కు జాతీయ ఉత్తమ నటుడి అవార్డు ఇచ్చే సమయంలో తాను భగవద్గీత చదువుతున్నప్పుడల్లా ఎన్టీఆర్ స్వరూపమే కృష్ణుడిగా కనిపిస్తుందని అప్పటి భారత రాష్ట్రపతి సర్వేపల్లి రాధాకృష్ణన్ అన్నారు

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

YouturnCulture & entertainment

எம்ஜிஆர் மற்றும் சரோஜாதேவி நடித்த அன்பே வா என்ற தமிழ் திரைப்படத்தில் இருந்து இசை. இசைக்கு மொழி கிடையாது. நியூயார்க் பில்ஹார்மோனிக் இசைக்குழுவில் விளையாடினார்.

Publisher’s rating: False