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OT - Corps vs. Core

I wanted to take some time to give a quick lesson about the word "corps."

I've noticed a lot of people recently have been using the word "core" in place of "corps," especially when talking about the WR corps. The word "core" means "the central, innermost, or most essential part of anything." Corps, on the other hand, means "a group of persons associated or acting together."

The word "corps" has been used often when describing units on a football team, much like it's used to describe the Marine Corps. Many people mistake the word for "core" because they are pronounced the same way, making them homophones.

So I would request and recommend that everyone from this point forward use the correct word "corps" when referring to the receiving corps of the team. Just don't write "crops." Believe me, your fingers will try to make you.

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I’m gonna wait a little bit, but this is definitely front page material.

by Fooch on Mar 6, 2009 9:00 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

thanks champ

Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis

by wjackalope on Mar 6, 2009 9:14 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

oops

that was meant as a reply to fooch

Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis

by wjackalope on Mar 6, 2009 9:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It’s funnier as a reply to yourself.

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Mar 6, 2009 10:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

what about corpse?

we are talking about the 49ers, right?

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Mar 6, 2009 10:23 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Don't forget about core in its verb form

As in removing the center portion of an object, such as “I need to core this apple” or “Patrcik willis will core your heart and then [site decorum] your [site decorum] 3 feet into the ground.”

Blind devotion.

by ProfessorBigelow on Mar 6, 2009 10:27 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

an image to reinforce the point

Whenever I see "receiving core" I can’t stop picturing an apple core running down the field cutting to the middle and its stem popping off when it runs into Taylor Mays (a la this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLD33s7V7EU ).

Throwback unis? Yes. Throwback afros? YES!

by grantmp on Mar 6, 2009 12:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

he really

knocked the yahoo out of his own teammate. But the PSU guy got the hit to the head. Pretty brutal.

Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis

by wjackalope on Mar 6, 2009 12:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Please don't tell me my last post saying core instead of corps, is what drove you to this...

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Let’s call the whole thing off…!

by StrictlyFootball on Mar 6, 2009 12:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs