“Sonja, it’s not being destroyed. The correct term is pulped.”
In context
Sonja: So, Alan, when is your book being destroyed?
Alan: Sonja, it’s not being destroyed. The correct term is pulped. They’re pulping the remaining unsold 14,000 copies of my book next Thursday.
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The scene
Alan corrects Sonja’s terminology about the fate of the unsold copies of his autobiography.
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Quick answers
Who says "Sonja, it’s not being destroyed. The correct term is pulped."?
Alan Partridge says it in I'm Alan Partridge.
Where is this Alan Partridge quote from?
It is from Episode 6 – Alan Wide Shut (I'm Alan Partridge). The full script is on this site.