I was reading some conference proceedings at work the other day, and I happened upon the transcripts of the comments of some Federal government official or other. Apparently the transcriber wasn’t very well versed in french phrases that we have adopted into our American lexicon.
The official was speaking about the theme of the conference, the team spirit of whatever agency he was from, and the esprit de core of the organization. Huh? Esprit de WHAT? It’s esprit de corps. Right?
Yup, it's corps.
That is, unless you're speaking about Apple Spirit…
Or, if it's the spooky kind, I guess it could be esprit de corpse…..
Sorry. The pun thing is genetic.
That gets me, too. You would not believe how many MARINES will spell Corps as Core. It also really fires me up when you hear a Marine read the words Corps phonetically, with the ps and all. HELLO!!!!!!! It's not the U.S. Marine Corpse….