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Is it ‘resemble’ or ‘resent’ that remark?
BluesandClues · 31/01/2023 14:01
I see this all the time in writing!
To me if someone said something, and I didn’t like it saying ‘I resent that remark’ makes sense. However, I’m continually reading ‘I resemble that remark.’ That doesn’t make sense to me?
So which is it?
HeavenIsAHalfpipe · 31/01/2023 14:17
Obviously it's 'resent.' ! I hate people saying 'I resemble that remark.' It makes fuck-all sense, and comes from the same type of person who says 'me three!' when someone is saying 'me too' when agreeing with someone. It's people who think they're funny. (Often a certain type of middle aged man!)
REP22 · 31/01/2023 14:39
ferneytorro · 31/01/2023 14:21
It's a malapropism isn't it! See also "to cast nasturtiums". Google suggests it was from the Three Stooges so good going that it's still in common parlance although used incorrectly - or unironically. Hilda Ogden liked a good malapropism didn't she.
Hehe - I remember her "muriel"!
ferneytorro · 31/01/2023 14:44
REP22 · 31/01/2023 14:39
Hehe - I remember her "muriel"!
ferneytorro · 31/01/2023 14:21
It's a malapropism isn't it! See also "to cast nasturtiums". Google suggests it was from the Three Stooges so good going that it's still in common parlance although used incorrectly - or unironically. Hilda Ogden liked a good malapropism didn't she.
Oh goodness yes. Back before corrie got serious!
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