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"Mondegreen"
Mar 4, 2019 08:22:45 #
Funny. Comedians have been doing this for years. Norm Crosby was a master.
"mondegreen
PRONUNCIATION:
(MON-di-green)
MEANING:
noun: A word or phrase resulting from mishearing a word or phrase, especially in song lyrics.
Example: “The girl with colitis goes by” for “The girl with kaleidoscope eyes” (in the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”)."
"mondegreen
PRONUNCIATION:
(MON-di-green)
MEANING:
noun: A word or phrase resulting from mishearing a word or phrase, especially in song lyrics.
Example: “The girl with colitis goes by” for “The girl with kaleidoscope eyes” (in the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”)."
Mar 4, 2019 08:26:14 #
Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands,
Oh, where hae ye been?
They hae slain the Earl o' Moray,
And Lady Mondegreen.
[...and laid him on the green.]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen
Oh, where hae ye been?
They hae slain the Earl o' Moray,
And Lady Mondegreen.
[...and laid him on the green.]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen
Mar 4, 2019 08:32:38 #
I wish I had saved some of these kinds of miscues my writing students had put into their essays.
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Mar 4, 2019 08:32:42 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Funny. Comedians have been doing this for years. Norm Crosby was a master.
"mondegreen
PRONUNCIATION:
(MON-di-green)
MEANING:
noun: A word or phrase resulting from mishearing a word or phrase, especially in song lyrics.
Example: “The girl with colitis goes by” for “The girl with kaleidoscope eyes” (in the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”)."
"mondegreen
PRONUNCIATION:
(MON-di-green)
MEANING:
noun: A word or phrase resulting from mishearing a word or phrase, especially in song lyrics.
Example: “The girl with colitis goes by” for “The girl with kaleidoscope eyes” (in the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”)."
Thanks, Jerry. I always enjoyed Norm Crosby. Made you pay attention to what he was saying.
Mar 4, 2019 08:45:50 #
Mar 5, 2019 06:20:44 #
We hear them in medicine a lot, and often they are very funny. Just a few weeks ago a patient advised me that he had been recently diagnosed with "immaculate degeneration" (macular degeneration of the retina). Not sure if he was diagnosed by the priest, or what....
Mar 5, 2019 06:41:14 #
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Mar 5, 2019 09:03:47 #
So, does this qualify as a long mondegreen [read uppercase letters by name (e.g., read "M" as "em")]...
M R ducks.
M R knot.
M R sew. Cedar wings?
Whale oil beef hooked... M R ducks.
And then there was the little girl in Sunday school who wanted to sing the hymn about "The cross-eyed bear."
M R ducks.
M R knot.
M R sew. Cedar wings?
Whale oil beef hooked... M R ducks.
And then there was the little girl in Sunday school who wanted to sing the hymn about "The cross-eyed bear."
Mar 5, 2019 09:04:46 #
Jerry, this will keep you busy for a while. :-)
https://www.entertainment-nation.co.uk/blog/funniest-misheard-lyrics/
https://www.entertainment-nation.co.uk/blog/funniest-misheard-lyrics/
Mar 5, 2019 09:13:50 #
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