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?
Pedants' corner
Is it ‘resemble’ or ‘resent’ that remark?
BluesandClues · 31/01/2023 14:01
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.
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.
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