Yankee eggcorn

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The correct phrase should be "never fails to amaze me" if
one is trying to
pay a compliment. ??  Did Jeter intend to compliment? He
indicates the fans
are not amazing!

Jerri
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
>>>>  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
>>>
>>  And in particular "it never seems to amaze me on
>> how...", which I
>>  can't even figure out what is an eggcorn for.
>>
>>  LH
>~~~~~~~~~
>  Surely it's for "it never ceases to amaze me....."
>AM
>
I assume that that is indeed what "it never seems to amaze
me (how)"
is an eggcorn for, but where does the *on* come from?

LH

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