Eggcorn: momento

[Wilson Gray]

Only *ninety*?! "Momento" is surely two days older than water!

-Wilson

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:28 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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> For memento, perhaps because you remember the moment.
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> "corporate momentos" gets 90 hits on Google. BB
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