Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:38 am Post subject: Mondegreens
Merriam-Webster will be putting the word mondegreen in the new copies of their dictionary. A mondegreen is a set of song lyrics that are misinterpreted to be something other than what is being sung.
An example would be the line There's a bad moon on the rise from Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" being taken as There's a bathroom on the right.
Youtube the Video Fishmaster by Nightwish... The song is actually called Wishmaster and the whole thing is a animated video about what people think they are hearing. It's quite funny.
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:45 pm Post subject:
In the beginning of the song "Kimi wo Nosete" (the ending theme to something called "Laputa"), it sounds like they're saying "I know she hates him", but in reality they're saying "ano chiheisen".
Also, in the song "Spelar Ingen Roll" by Caramell, it sounds like they're saying "say you're lonely", when in reality they're saying "säger om dig".
The entire song "Kalluri Vanil" by Prabhu Deva sounds like a mondegreen to English-speakers:
WARNING: GROSS _________________ OCD is fun. - GoatOnFire
I got a Cuban Missile Crisis in my pants. - Kalister1
Some social chitchat, I would rather have a non anestisized root canal. - Merle
_________________ OCD is fun. - GoatOnFire
I got a Cuban Missile Crisis in my pants. - Kalister1
Some social chitchat, I would rather have a non anestisized root canal. - Merle
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject:
Billy Joel
"You may be right,I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for"
Misheard as
"You make the rice,I'll make the gravy
But it just may be a tuna fish you're looking for" _________________ I have lost the will to be apathetic
In the song I'd Really Love to See You Tonight, the line "I'm not talkin' about movin' in" is often understood as "I'm not talkin' about the linens". This happens because the singer stresses the wrong syllable on the word movin'.
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