Is P.E.P. from Hungary?

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:57 AM -0400 8/13/07, RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
>Actually, it is "Penis Enlarge Patch"

Indeed it is.  I regularly receive offers for this item, with
specific additional selling points, e.g.

"Blister on your [relevant body part] after different enlarging
procedures might be possible, but Penis Enlarge Patch is a vague
exception."

Love those vague exceptions!

>, a semisolecism that adds to the
>hypothesis that the spam authors are not native speakers of English.
>
>The links and ordering information do not provide a country of origin, though
>there is some evidence pointing towards Hungary (is "hk" the web address for
>Hungary? some of the material seems to come from there).

It certainly reads more like Hong Kong-style than Hungarian English.

LH

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>In a message dated 8/12/07 7:06:07 PM, dwhause at JOBE.NET writes:
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>>  I've goten a selection of those ads and don't think "P.E.P." is being used
>>  as a word, disguised from spam filters with caps and periods, but as an
>>  acronym for "p*nis enl*argement p*atches."   At least, that's what the ones
>>  I get purport to sell.  (Forgive the scant effort to avoid other people's
>>  spam filters.)
>>  Dave Hause, dwhause at jobe.net
>>  Waynesville, MO
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: <ronbutters at AOL.COM>
>>
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