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Yes, tsuwm, but if Augusta had done what you suggest, then I (and other plebs like me, he says hopefully) would not have learnt a fascinating new word, and I would have missed out on 15 minutes of chuckling over some of Jon Carroll's examples of mondegreens. It lit up my day/week/life. Surely that's part of what this forum is all about? So, thanks Augusta for the question, and tsuwm for the answer.
Pop songs and national anthems appear to be common mondegreen sources. I'm sure I've been guilty of plenty from the former, but none come to mind immediately. I do however have a vivid recollection of my surprise when I discovered that the English (and formerly our) national anthem contained the words "send her victorious", and not, as I sang daily as a schoolkid, a curious reference to "Centre Victoria", the state which I inhabit.
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