Comments on: these are not the X you’re looking for http://snowclones.org/2008/03/04/these-are-not-the-x-youre-looking-for/ Snowclones are the new eggcorns. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:51:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: These are not the Snowclones you’re looking for … « Serendipitous Surfer http://snowclones.org/2008/03/04/these-are-not-the-x-youre-looking-for/#comment-2295 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:51:34 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2008/03/04/these-are-not-the-x-youre-looking-for/#comment-2295 [...] these are not the X you’re looking for [...]

]]> By: dc http://snowclones.org/2008/03/04/these-are-not-the-x-youre-looking-for/#comment-2109 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:01:10 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2008/03/04/these-are-not-the-x-youre-looking-for/#comment-2109 “these are not the druids you’re looking for” comes from the world of warcraft game, as does the one with the leetspeak version drood.

the game maker originally recorded voice for “i’m not the dryad you’re looking for” in warcraft 3.

]]> By: Squidworthy http://snowclones.org/2008/03/04/these-are-not-the-x-youre-looking-for/#comment-1982 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:10:39 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2008/03/04/these-are-not-the-x-youre-looking-for/#comment-1982 There is a similar situation in 2 Kings 6:19. From the JPS translation:

And Elisha said unto them: This is not the way, neither is this the city.

]]> By: Dan http://snowclones.org/2008/03/04/these-are-not-the-x-youre-looking-for/#comment-1980 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:12:35 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2008/03/04/these-are-not-the-x-youre-looking-for/#comment-1980 I think the “are not” version has come about because it allows you to emphasize the “not”:

These are NOT the druids you’re looking for.

]]> By: snowclones http://snowclones.org/2008/03/04/these-are-not-the-x-youre-looking-for/#comment-1979 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:29:29 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2008/03/04/these-are-not-the-x-youre-looking-for/#comment-1979 @joe: Good point. It isn’t quite as awkward in British English, but yes, the rhetorical effect of that change is significant.

]]> By: joe http://snowclones.org/2008/03/04/these-are-not-the-x-youre-looking-for/#comment-1978 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:15:42 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2008/03/04/these-are-not-the-x-youre-looking-for/#comment-1978 the “are not” version is trochaic. “aren’t” has awkward scansion.

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