The sophisticates will get it
Arriving at the big time, I was quoted by Geoffrey Pullum at Language Log in an article drawing out the distinction between plagiarism and allusion:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004598.html#more
It is, of course, a subject on which a great deal can be said, and those who read Mr. Pullum’s article might find some interest in a related article that I wrote for the Poynter Institute. “Allude at your own risk” can be found at this location:
