Is it ‘resemble’ or ‘resent’ that remark?

[BluesandClues]

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?

its Resent. Resemble is a play on words, usually said as a joke.

Definitely resent. "I resemble that remark" is the type of joke favoured by the David Brents of this world.

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!)

Colin Hunt from the Fast Show springs to mind.

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"!

Oh goodness yes. Back before corrie got serious!

Lots of people say muriel. I know someone whose partner paints them. I don't know if he gets much work, because there are only so many Muriels.

Resemble was an Eric Morecombe joke