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#209730 - 02/22/13 10:14 PM Re: mondegreen [Re: Kbaum]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667	Originally Posted By: Kbaum My favorite modegreen was "there's a bathroom on the right" in the Credence Clearwater Revival song, "Bad Moon Rising." The correct wording that I finally understood was "There's a bad moon on the rise." It might just be an urban legend but I've been led to believe that CCR would sometimes sing "there's a bathroom on the right" when they did this song in concerts.
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#209748 - 02/24/13 12:16 AM Re: mondegreen [Re: bertzpoet]
ArnoldSilva stranger Registered: 02/22/13 Posts: 2 Loc: Mass. USA	My sister confessed to me that once when down in the dumps after breaking up with her boyfriend and finding herself emotionally overeating, she understood Patsy Cline's song as 'I call for pizzas' rather than 'I fall to pieces.'
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#209752 - 02/24/13 12:01 PM Re: mondegreen [Re: ArnoldSilva]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5373 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	I eat pizza when feeling "low", I can empathize. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#209787 - 02/25/13 03:24 PM Re: mondegreen [Re: Drella]
Phil Davich stranger Registered: 02/25/13 Posts: 1	My mother was the secretary at a catholic elementary school. She was a fervent William Safire reader. "Lead on, Oh Kinky Turtle" became a special greeting between her and one of the school's English teachers.
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#209788 - 02/25/13 05:24 PM Re: mondegreen [Re: bertzpoet]
Rogerb stranger Registered: 02/25/13 Posts: 1	As for trans-language mondegreens, one that is probably familiar to all students of French is haricots, 'beans,' which of course we called "haircuts"! I studied Vietnamese in Army Language School and recall some of the ones which gave us a chuckle. (diacritical marks have been omitted) hot toc 'haircut' became "hot dog"; tho moc 'carpenter' became "tomahawk"; chien xa 'Army tank' became "chain saw"
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#209850 - 02/28/13 02:49 PM Re: mondegreen [Re: bertzpoet]
Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1039 Loc: Lancaster, UK	For many years, I heard "like a tree in motion", until I realised that it was actually "poetry" - and this was well before i had read 'Lord of the Rings!' _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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#209964 - 03/11/13 09:10 AM Re: mondegreen [Re: bertzpoet]
BoomerBurt stranger Registered: 03/11/13 Posts: 2	My (then) teenage son commented to me regarding potential college attendance that the well known school in Salt Lake City couldn't be that great an institution if they named it "Bring 'Em Young."
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#209969 - 03/11/13 11:20 AM Re: mondegreen [Re: BoomerBurt]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5373 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Originally Posted By: BoomerBurt My (then) teenage son commented to me regarding potential college attendance that the well known school in Salt Lake City couldn't be that great an institution if they named it "Bring 'Em Young." That's a good one! Welcome _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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