[Ads-l] Anglicizing carpe diem

[Benjamin Barrett]

I thought JT was pointing out that the following are examples of 
eggcorns, where "carpe" is thought to be from "corpo-" (body), and I was 
wondering if that was done on purpose. For some reason, my e-mail client 
refused to quote anything other than a couple of lines below.... BB

4. He carpe diems and grabs her, thigh-high, in pretense of helping 
"steady as she goes." The firm, slick nylon translates to his pituitary 
some urgent four-letter code.

5. You'll laugh at the way Fran schmoozes her way into her own 
television series as she carpe diems with a CBS network executive who 
has the misfortune of being trapped in first class ("Where was he gonna 
go, coach?") with her on a 747 to


> Jonathan Lighter <mailto:wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> 9 August 2015 at 04:16
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> Huh?
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> JL
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> On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 9:58 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
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