In a manuscript under contract to a major publisher, an author told the story of a young woman's spectacular performance on the soccer field, concluding with: "I was so proud of her amazing athletic feet." Any other sport, and I would have dismissed this as a lowly malaprop.

Football analyst Shannon Sharpe on hazing in the NFL: "The locker room is no place for racial epitaphs." May racism rest in peace.

I sent a Hebrew message to David Bernstein, who had sent an email to our tennis group in French, saying he has returned from Paris and will play this Saturday. Google Translator gave me this translation for "We look forward to mopping up the court with you":

אנו מצפים לשטיפת בית המשפט איתך!

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When David translated it back into English, he got this:​

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"We are waiting for the rinsing of the courthouse with you."

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