Yankee eggcorn

Benjamin Zimmer bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Mon Sep 22 13:47:27 UTC 2008


On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:06 AM, Benjamin Zimmer
<bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
>
> Derek Jeter to Peter Gammons on ESPN just now (after the last game at Yankee
> Stadium): "The fans here never seem to amaze me."

Listen for yourself here (right at the beginning of the clip):

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?categoryId=2378529&brand=null&videoId=3601782&n8pe6c=2


> The Eggcorn Database already has "never seize(s) to amaze":
>
> http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/351/seize/
>
> ...but Google suggests "never seem(s) to amaze" is about as common.
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=never-seize|seizes-to-amaze
> http://www.google.com/search?q=never-seem|seems-to-amaze


--Ben Zimmer

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