Yankee eggcorn

[Benjamin Zimmer]

Derek Jeter to Peter Gammons on ESPN just now (after the last game at Yankee
Stadium): "The fans here never seem to amaze me."

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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