Wingnut Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 You may not be familiar with the word mondegreen, but surely you're familiar with the concept. A mondegreen is a misheard phrase, often in song. (Example: "there's a bathroom on the right" instead of "there's a bad moon on the rise" from Bad Moon Rising by Credence Clearwater Revival.)What are some of your favorites, whether they be your own mis-hearings, or those from others?Right now, my daughter is four years old, and is still figuring out how certain sounds go together. This week I noticed that the classic show Woody Woodpecker was streaming on Netflix, so I happily introduced her to it. This morning she's prancing around, talking about how much she likes Woody Pecker, which I think is pretty hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hala401 Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 One of the songs in Handel's Messiah has a line that has always sounded to me like, "It all pays the same", and while I knew that I was mis hearing it, I could not figure out what was being said. Finally, I figured out what song it was and looked the lyrics up online and as it played I followed along and found that the line was vastly different than I had thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applepansy Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 My son recently introduced my 4yo grandson to Woody Woodpecker this week too. I've been laughing all week. The first laugh wasn't immediate. I didn't know he had been watching Woody so when he asked to watch the Pecker I had no idea what he was talking about. LOL I think mondegreen happens a lot with songs and 4yos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Sing with me: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hala401 Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Could I have that empty seat beside you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Yes:I'll be the roundabout. The words will take you out and out. I'll spend the day your way, call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley...In and around the lake, mountains come out of the sky -- and they stand there!I wish I knew what Jon Anderson was really singing.(What's that, you say? It's not a mondegreen? Pshaw! Don't let's be silly.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 When I was in Kindergarten we had a song about Traffic Cops. The phrase was: Listen to the Traffic Cops. I heard it: Listen to the Crappy Cops. The first time I sang the song to my parents, my Uncle and Aunt were visiting. My Uncle was a cop- with the Seattle Police Department. He and my Dad fell off their chairs laughing. My Aunt on the other hand was certain that my folks put me up to it. Nope, misheard it on my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hala401 Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 I now wear powerful hearing aids. Without them I do quite a lot is mishearing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classylady Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 Whenever I hear the song "Little Purple Pansies" (a Primary song), I'll always remember my mother telling me that her younger sister would sing "Little Purple Panties..." Hilarious! Another one is "Up Up in the Sky", small children often think it's "A pup in the sky". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volgadon Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 You may not be familiar with the word mondegreen, but surely you're familiar with the concept. A mondegreen is a misheard phrase, often in song.It might have been in the 30s, but a woman heard the Scottish coronach "Bonnie Earl o' Moray," with a line of "Ye Highlands and ye Lawlands Oh quhair hae ye been, They hae slain the Earl of Moray, And hae laid him on the green." The woman asked wanted to know what happened to his Lady Mondegreen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volgadon Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 I used to think Bob Marley was singing a horribly misogynist chorus of no woman, no crime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytor2112 Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 From the consider the Lillies Cd, For the Beauty of the earth: "For all gentle thoughts and mild...".......sounds like "for a lemon popsickle.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 When she was a child, my mother would sing How Firm a Foundation and get mildly indignant that people would say "Yoo-hoo!" unto Jesus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 When she was a child, my mother would sing How Firm a Foundation and get mildly indignant that people would say "Yoo-hoo!" unto Jesus.When Popeye's wife was a young girl, her favorite hymn was Come Come Ye Saints: "Olive's well, Olive's well!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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