What's the difference between "I resent that remark" and "I resemble that remark" ???

[SaltBoy]

I admit, I'm gramatically challenged. What does each phrase mean?

Examples always help, too.

 

[conjur]

Uhh....kind of a self-explanatory question, eh?

 

[minendo]

resent - To feel indignantly aggrieved at.

resemble - To exhibit similarity or likeness to.

 

[SWScorch]

"Resemble" is a pun. A person thinks you are going to say "resent," but instead you say "resemble," indicating that it applies to you.

 

[SaltBoy]

Originally posted by: conjur
Uhh....kind of a self-explanatory question, eh?

They seem self-explanatory, but they seem to be used during the same situations. When somebody is mad at something that somebody else said, they say either one or the other.

I guess they use "resent" when they don't "resemble" the remark, but are still ticked off. Or a person could use "resemble" but not necessarily "resent" the remark. Right?

 

[spaceman]

cool you have the witch icon back.

 

[SaltBoy]

Originally posted by: SWScorch
"Resemble" is a pun. A person thinks you are going to say "resent," but instead you say "resemble," indicating that it applies to you.

So people are trying to be funny when they use "resemble?"

 

[SaltBoy]

Originally posted by: ncircle
cool you have the witch icon back.

Yup. The Halloween Witch is much more personable than a ribbon, even if it IS a red, white, and blue ribbon.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy

Originally posted by: SWScorch
"Resemble" is a pun. A person thinks you are going to say "resent," but instead you say "resemble," indicating that it applies to you.

So people are trying to be funny when they use "resemble?"

Yeah. Like if a friend of mine says "Men are pigs" I might say "Hey! I resemble that remark!" because it's humorous, tongue-in-cheek, etc.

But if someone I don't like would say the same thing, I might say "I resent that..." b/c I do.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy

Originally posted by: SWScorch
"Resemble" is a pun. A person thinks you are going to say "resent," but instead you say "resemble," indicating that it applies to you.

So people are trying to be funny when they use "resemble?"

yup

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy

Originally posted by: SWScorch
"Resemble" is a pun. A person thinks you are going to say "resent," but instead you say "resemble," indicating that it applies to you.

So people are trying to be funny when they use "resemble?"

DING DING DING! We have a winner!

 

[SaltBoy]

Originally posted by: Jzero
Yeah. Like if a friend of mine says "Men are pigs" I might say "Hey! I resemble that remark!" because it's humorous, tongue-in-cheek, etc.

But if someone I don't like would say the same thing, I might say "I resent that..." b/c I do.

Beautiful explanation -- thanks!

 

Originally posted by: SaltBoy

Originally posted by: Jzero
Yeah. Like if a friend of mine says "Men are pigs" I might say "Hey! I resemble that remark!" because it's humorous, tongue-in-cheek, etc.

But if someone I don't like would say the same thing, I might say "I resent that..." b/c I do.

Beautiful explanation -- thanks!

bah. I would hit them, either way..I'D BITE THEIR LEGS OFF!

 

[zCypher]

bah, I don't find "I resemble that remark" to be funny or humerous in any way - it just makes the person saying it sound stupid to me. As if they mixed up resemble and resent without knowing it and used it in the same context, w/the wrong meaning. Maybe some people do mean it as a pun, but I doubt the majority of the people using it that way here mean it that way. I guess "I resemble that remark" just hits me on the wrong note there... just sounds really dumb. Honestly who the hell says "I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK!", wtf?

heh

 

[SaltBoy]

Originally posted by: zCypher
bah, I don't find "I resemble that remark" to be funny or humerous in any way - it just makes the person saying it sound stupid to me. As if they mixed up resemble and resent without knowing it and used it in the same context, w/the wrong meaning. Maybe some people do mean it as a pun, but I doubt the majority of the people using it that way here mean it that way. I guess "I resemble that remark" just hits me on the wrong note there... just sounds really dumb. Honestly who the hell says "I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK!", wtf?

heh

I guess that's why I asked the question. Nobody ever laughs whenever I hear "I resemble that remark." I thought it sounded stupid, too, but people keep on saying it. Hence, the confusion.

 

[ILikeStuff]

Originally posted by: zCypher
bah, I don't find "I resemble that remark" to be funny or humerous in any way - it just makes the person saying it sound stupid to me. As if they mixed up resemble and resent without knowing it and used it in the same context, w/the wrong meaning. Maybe some people do mean it as a pun, but I doubt the majority of the people using it that way here mean it that way. I guess "I resemble that remark" just hits me on the wrong note there... just sounds really dumb. Honestly who the hell says "I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK!", wtf?

heh

Actually I used it on my GF just last week. At first she got mad because she thought I said that I resented that fact that she compared my behavior to hers (that we are similar people) when in fact I said resemble, meaning I agreed to it. Once I explained the difference between the two, she laughed

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: zCypher
bah, I don't find "I resemble that remark" to be funny or humerous in any way - it just makes the person saying it sound stupid to me. As if they mixed up resemble and resent without knowing it and used it in the same context, w/the wrong meaning. Maybe some people do mean it as a pun, but I doubt the majority of the people using it that way here mean it that way. I guess "I resemble that remark" just hits me on the wrong note there... just sounds really dumb. Honestly who the hell says "I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK!", wtf?

heh

It helps if you're Groucho Marx when you say it (it's one of his lines). The quip is slightly dated after a half-century but if used knowingly and with someone who understands the difference then it can be funny.