" The rumours of my death..."

2 czerwca 1897 amerykański pisarz Mark Twain zareagował na plotkę o własnej śmierci drukując  na łamach New York Journal sprostowanie o treści: "Pogłoski o mojej śmierci są mocno przesadzone", które wkrótce stało się popularnym powiedzeniem.
Jak to brzmiało w oryginale? Jest kilka wersji:

• The rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
• The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
• The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

Mark Twain was in London in 1897 as part of a speaking tour around the world. He had considerable debt in the US and hoped to earn enough money to pay it off.

While he was in London, a rumor started that he was seriously ill. This was followed by a rumor that he was dead.  The story goes that an American newspaper printed Twain's obituary. Supposedly after that, when asked about all this by a reporter, Twain said:

The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.

Read more:https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Mark-Twain-say-The-rumours-of-my-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated

RUMOUR ( w wersji amerykańskiej RUMOR) - plotka, pogłoska