Youa (maxima) culpa

[Tim Cassedy]

It was on the West Wing earlier this month: Josh referred, I believe, to a
"youra culpa," a locution attested on usenet since 1998 (compared to 1995
for "youa culpa").  "Youra culpa" requires knowing more about Latin and
seems to be less common now, but I wouldn't be surprised if "youra culpa"
showed up in late-19C/early-20C college publications, in farcical use by
people who had enough Latin to know that mea is a possessive adjective, not
a personal pronoun.  -TC

-----Original Message-----
From: Laurence Horn [mailto:laurence.horn at YALE.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: Youa (maxima) culpa

>I thought Rod Corddry's "youa cupla" was funny on the Daily Show tonight.
>Quoted from http://www.livejournal.com/users/treeling_75/:
>
>On the Daily Show, my main consolation in life, Rob Corddry referred to
>Brown's (former FEMA head) address to the Senate as a "heartfelt and
>stirring youa culpa." That almost made the hurricane worth it.
>-----

Right; I heard that live and am happy to confirm the cite.  I had the
feeling I'd heard it before, but wasn't sure when or how often.

L

>
>His funny wasn't unique, though:
>
>-----
>http://www.drudge.com/news/74014/did-white-house-lie-protect-rove-libby
>"mea culpa"
>
>Actually... with this group it's more like "Youa culpa" or "Thema culpa".
>
>"Anybody but Mea Culpa" kinda sums it up.
>
>Be Well.
>
>Posted by dethspud
>-----
>http://www.bartcop.com/1628.htm, bartcop.com Volume 1628 - Youa Culpa
>[2005]
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>Kevin Brabant (mea culpa, youa culpa, we all a culpa) [Tue, 9 Jan 2001
>19:33:48 EST]
>-----
>From: cs at crl.com (Michael Carradine)
>Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 13:08:33 +0000
>Subject: Youa culpa! (Was: Mea culpa!)
>-----
>http://www.salon.com/weekly/carville960930.html
>Youa culpa, youa culpa,
>youa maxima culpa
>
>With the economy booming,
>it's omelette-facial time for GOP doomsayers [Apparently September 30,
>1996]
>
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>Benjamin Barrett
>Graduate Student, Department of Linguistics University of Washington
>http://students.washington.edu/bjb5/
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