'Corn of Corpia'

[slightlydistrac]

Well that's a new one on me. I've just found it in the description of an item on a well-known auction site.
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New one on me too!

That would make an excellent username 😎

Thats brilliant I like that

That's so funny! I was just bristling with anger at seeing greatful for what seems like the 50th time, so Corn of Copia has cheered me up!

Oh for the good old days when we could do that mid-thread!

I think some of it is AI these days. Transcription software often comes up with weird attempts at sentences.

I think I have got one of those on my foot.

Is that in Copacabara?

I've not seen that one before! Watch it now run riot through every internet site though, as everyone who has no idea what a cornucopia is copies the error.

I have to avoid Facebook Marketplace, or only look at it from between my fingers. Like a horror film.

Watch it now run riot through every internet site though, as everyone who has no idea what a cornucopia is copies the error....

Oh I do hope so!

<evil cackle>

Ah, the perils of not reading

Do you think the 'of' in the middle of 'Corn of Copia' is something to do with the fact that it means 'Horn of Plenty' and the writer knows there should be an 'of' in there somewhere?

Yes I always associate cornucopia with horn of plenty for some reason, its the first thing that came to mind when I read the OP!

That's because it's Latin for horn of plenty.

Oh!! lol

I didnt know this!!

I thought cornucopia meant an excess of different things which dont all go together?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cornucopia

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How do people not know these things?

I ssw 'persay' on a thread yesterday. Why do people use phrases that they have only heard (or read on SM sites)?

I saw a request on our local site the other day asking if anyone knew where they could get a 'reef's'.
I was a little confused - thinking something to do with coral.

Apparently they wanted a recommendation for a florist who could make a wreath!

TBF the development and transmission of languages wouldn’t have got very far if people didn’t copy words and phrases they’d heard but not read!

That's brilliant. I saw "sweet baby cheeses" on here the other day

Eh walla! the proof of why that's not good.

Then again, I'm still laughing at cheese lounge and Terry Cotter.

I have seen Aresole cream on a shopping list - the mind boggles

Preparation H in a squirty can?

Mange tout, mange tout, mon ami