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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

A mondegreen is the mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase as a result of near-homophony, in a way that gives it a new meaning. It most commonly is applied to a line in a poem or a lyric in a song.

US writer Wylvia Wright coined the term in her essay "The Death of Lady Mondegreen:

"When I was a child, my mother used to read aloud to me from Percy's Reliques, and one of my favorite poems began, as I remember:

Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands,

Oh, where hae ye been?

They hae slain the Earl O' Moray,

And Lady Mondegreen.

As a small child, she misheard the 4th line, which actually reads

"And laid him on the green."

Bad Moon Rising:

"don't come round tonight

you're bound to lose your life

there's a bathroom on the right"

(someone must have taken a massive dump there...)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can see Deirdre now Lorraine has gone.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's a Hard Egg by Bonnie Tyler

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

YAWN

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Vitamin's gonna get you by gloria estefan

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

I know this nob is true

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You're mans a women , your mans a women to me - The Bee Gees

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Went to dance looking for a man , saw Barbara Ann so I thought I'd take a chance in Barbara Ann. - the Beach Boys

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A topical pair

".... the little lord Jesus lay down his wee ted!"

Aw bless!

".. where the snow lay all about, deep pan crisp and even!"

Is it dinner time yet?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Come on Body Lets Go Potty... by Aqua

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And who can forget Robert Palmers tribute to Michael Jackson.

You'll just have to face it you're a dick with a glove.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Desmond decker me ears are alight

For years I thought the phrase was "if the cat fits wear it"

Lol

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

We built this city on logs and coal.

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By *thwalescplCouple
over a year ago

brecon

Dont chew on my gravy

(Dont you want me baby)

Human league

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

The kids used to sing get your kiss on route 66. When I tried to correct them they told me I was wrong as no one would go to get kicked.

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