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#1 2010-07-21 00:48:58

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'always me' for 'woe is me'

We already have ‘woeth me’ and ‘whoa is me’ but not this one, which looks different on the page but sounds fairly close to the original. Examples-.

Sermon January 16, 2005 : Galatians 2:20 | Congregación León de Judá
It says here that Baruk complains to God and he says; oh always me, because God has added all kinds of sadness to my pain …
leondejuda.org/en/node/4055

... If you’re thinking this is going to be another sad, sappy story about a person begging for attention with “oh always me” crap, ...
janeysjumbojourney.blogspot.com/

Oh Always ME!’ Kimberly cries. Myles throws the water on Kimberly’s face.
w1.1594.telia.com/~u159400710/BB/melissaworld.html

First he is too happy-go-lucky, then all emo-oh-always-me, then super-hero a go-go.
www.pojo.biz/board/showthread.php?p=18541951

Sorry to be such a whiny bitch and go blah, blah, blah oh always me, but I need to get this off my chest, badly. I’m just so worried …
sologirl-377.deviantart.com/

When I met him, I was a mopey, “Oh, always me”, types.
chat.vampirefreaks.com/u/user_comment.php?user…uid=2210769

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#2 2010-07-21 07:40:36

DavidTuggy
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From: Mexico
Registered: 2007-10-11
Posts: 2714
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Re: 'always me' for 'woe is me'

Very nice, surprising eggcorn. It works for me because it is typical for those in a self-pitying mood to feel like they are singled out for misfortune—it’s always me that gets clobbered— Whyn’t you pick on somebody else for a change?


*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .

(Possible Corollary: it is, and we are .)

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#3 2010-07-26 00:45:49

jorkel
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Registered: 2006-08-08
Posts: 1456

Re: 'always me' for 'woe is me'

At first blush this reshaping seemed miraculous. But the more I think about it—and read the examples—the more credible it becomes.

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