Eggcorn: momento

[Benjamin Barrett]

Momento itself gets 322 million supposed hits, a lot of which are
doubtless for the movie. It's "corporate momentos" (the item I
happened to be looking up) that gets 90. BB

On Oct 11, 2008, at 5:09 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

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> Only *ninety*?! "Momento" is surely two days older than water!
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> -Wilson
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> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:28 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com
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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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