Mondegreen

Are you guilty of committing any mondegreens?

Please rate and comments over at YouTube to help the video.  Thanks!  :-)

Reminds me of this Buffalaxed video, hilarious:


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  • hs4mm

    This word seems familiar … think I first came across it on this site itself! But I know the video will not be dejavu all over again.

  • leonard

    more, singing please :P

  • leonard

    I’m a begging…I’m eatinbacon….Beggin’ – Frankie Valli video re-mix

    BACON

    :smile:

  • leonard

    PRAY tell or tell prey :razz:

  • hs4mm

    Marina, your right hand gesture at the end of the video comes very close to making me ROFLMAO! But you do have me grinning :grin: You know I am :cool: with that — but since I am a man, I do find it funny. I watched those last few seconds several time (never done such replay views of few seconds before) — and saw after a few times that you also do something with your tongue! Those last few seconds are too hilarious, Marina! But it’s good; I like that in you! But it does make me laugh as a man! And you have a nice happy, refreshed and exhilarated look on your face at the end of those few seconds — that’s so good; I love you for that! God you’re a good girl, Marina!

  • zinnaku

    i know the song u were singing at the beginning

  • niteowl

    If either of us ever have to sing for our supper, we may starve. :smile:

  • leonard

    Very grand job done, Marina. RED HOUSE by jimmy H…kno kiss-ing in school :lol: a-r-t*t-r-a Janis Joplin – Piece of my heart…is it peace or piece? :lol:

  • greatestpotential

    I’ve always liked the song greensleeves on piano because it’s about having sex in the grass and then finding out you got grass stains on your clothes

  • hs4mm

    PS: (Perhaps “girl” in the very last sentence above shouldn’t be there; not sure.) Anyway, very well done video; and your enjoyment is infectious. Thanks!

  • neuroway

    Yes, but strangely enough, I didn’t hear, but I saw that almost tool monde was green on twitter a few days ago. :smile:

  • neuroway

    These greenish ones were most likely sick of something…

  • http://mikechimeriblog.com MCLIJazz

    “Blinded by the Light” by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. “… Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night. …”

  • okay4now

    Hwk: Okay, I use to think that The End included the lyrics: “The end of names we try to buy,” but instead, of course, it’s, “The end of nights we try to die.” I still think my mistaken version is stronger lyrically.

    Maybe FM radio helped sort some of these things out better than the cackle of AM. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMiV5Ls_LVU

  • assaultrifle

    hey how about the word [book] or [movie]

  • http://xxiqxx.co.nr xxiqsourcerxx

    Hey i would like to request something can you tell us why people why people call a girl that acts like a boy a tom boy ??????? ?=(

  • skatetopia

    Even though I already know the meaning and origin of this word I want you to make a video for it so people could know what it is

    The word… [hemidemisemiquaver] and
    [nipple] <- just joking but i would like it if you made a video for those two words

  • http://calling-muggins.blogspot.com/ muggins

    My 8th grade history teacher was overweight (circa 1964). He told us that when he first heard the Beatles song, “That Boy”, he was offended because he thought they were singing Fat Boy.

    Thank you, Marina, for bringing to the surface that particular verse of that old song, “Blinded by the Light”, because I never could make any sense of it.

  • 13o12n

    i request a word a word “Born” or народитися

    kokhaty 13o12n

  • 13o12n

    [Born]

    diakuyu tobi/vam, spasybi

  • chicho66

    The other day we had a FANTASTIC meal at the best Thai restaurant in Spain. The service is gr8, food exelent and we menaged to wash everything down with some noce and cool Sancerre wine. Now I wonder where does the expresion [spring rolls] in food come from.
    Thanks.

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl

     
    Excellent lesson.. I had never heard of the word mondegreens other than on the Nerd Word of the Day section, so that was in interesting story. Loved that Beavis grunt.

    Three pennies for your thoughts in that cute and pensive school girl picture.

    When you sang the misheard lyrics, I heard them correctly. What would you call that? An inverse mondegreens? :lol:

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl

     

    This misheard Bollywood video is still funny after 13 million views.
    I call it the Benny Lava song
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw

    And so, that begs the question; since I don’t know Hindi, how do I know I misheard it? I guess if I have to ask, then I guess I misheard it. :lol:

  • darlingj

    I’d call this a nearly perfect lesson. Everyone can relate, we learn something, it’s way clever, and Marina’s performance is soooo cute. (OK – she is cute anyway – but so is the [PERFORMANCE]!)

    I only say nearly because I know she’ll come up with something even better in the future! :grin:

  • http://uk.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    Beatie Boys : Intergalactic sounds like

    “intergalactic kill your children kill your children beat them gladly”

  • Berkaichu

    Hey, I saw the word in the “Nerd word of the day” section like 20 minutes ago. Excellent lesson! BTW, I’d like to request the word [technophobe].

    ~B

  • philbee

    I think the classic is from the Four Tops, “I can’t help myself” when they sing, “Sugar pie, honey bunch” and it sounds like they are singing, “Sugar Fried, Honey Butts.”

  • originalistrick

    Dear Teach, thank you so much for that! You gave me a much-needed laugh before leaving today. Your cuteness factor is off the charts in this.

    Always.

  • zinks

    Where did the phrase [It's on the house] come from?

  • beevee14

    RECYCLED=DELCYCER

    My Football Coach:

    ‘You gotta put a little effort into it!!’

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/CantwrCymreig Evan Owen

    Homework:

    “‘Scuze me while I kiss this guy”: mondegreen of “‘Scuze me while I kiss the sky” (Jimi Hendrix.)

    “There is a bathroom on the right”: mondegreen of “There is a bad moon on the rise” from “Bad Moon Rising” by Creedence Clearwater Revival. :lol:

    BTW Marina, I don’t care what Simon Cowell says, you’re cute when you sing! :grin:

  • http://bzyryanov.blogspot.com PieceOfMe

    Oh, here’s the thing.
    There is an amazing song by Dada called “Stereo Flo”. You all guys should check it out.
    In the chorus she sings “Well, all you shy double brothers, get your booty fly girls…”
    Well, at first it sounded to me like “Well, all you shy mother f*ckers, get your booty fly girls” :lol:
    Also, later in the song it sounds like “The time ends now, it’s all the decade…” when in fact it is “The time ends now, this is over taking”.
    :mrgreen:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQnt-dD1MSk
    Oh, and Marina. You rock!! :cool:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/CantwrCymreig Evan Owen

    WAY cool request!

    In several languages, the word for [born] is linked to the word for “nation.”

    If I recall rightly, [nation] itself comes from the French (& ultimately Latin) word for “to be born.”

    народитися, “born” links to народ, “people,” and words like международний, “international.”

    In Welsh, geni, “birth,” is the root word for genedl, “nation.” :cool:

  • madcoyote

    [Callipygian]

  • http://uk.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    What you said about the youtube censor thing is very true Marina! You know how much I think you can be a little porn :!: :???: :lol:

  • http://uk.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    Inverse mondegreens :lol:

  • hs4mm

    Knowing Hindi wouldn’t help … that’s in Tamil (unless it is in Telugu)!

  • hs4mm

    [Spring Tides (have to do with the moon and)] have nothing to do with the season either!

  • stoutevan

    [Frank] or [Frankly]
    as in “Im being very Frank with you”.

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    You misspelled your youtube video title.. it’s wife’s. Funny vid. :shock:

  • http://uk.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    Thanks Marina! I thought it looked weird, I typed in wifes and it came up as wrong, so instead of putting the apostrophe I just used wives instead :oops: corner-cutting..

    Glad you liked it, I wanted to go back to some of the filth I used to make :lol:

  • beevee14

    Steely Dan, “Hey Nineteen”. ‘Give us some funked up music’ was very easily misheard :?: …

    ♫ ♪’The Cuervo Gold,
    the fine Colombian,
    make tonite a wonderful thing’♫ ♪

    Awww,yes, sing it again!

  • http://tour-russia.com dsfoto

    Dear Teacher how do you do it with so many SICK PERVERTED ANIMALS sayings such terrible things they need their mouths washed out with LAVA soap just know that most of us appreciate and respect you. You have a wonderful day if I could I’d send you a bushel basket of Red Delicious Apples :smile: I’ll draw some heat today I told a bunch of them ANIMALS off. I’m sorry I can’t just stand by and let them do what they do, I spent an hour or more the other day trying to contact YOUTUBE to ask them to do something but I failed…

  • beevee14

    :oops: Little error on my part :oops:

    ‘Give us some funked up music’ is actually from the song, “FM”.(no static at all)

    “Hey Nineteen”

    ♫ ♪’The Cuervo Gold,
    the fine Colombian,
    make tonite a wonderful thing’♫ ♪

    thats better :shock: :smile:

  • leonard

    Quote““““““`hOt*fOr*wOrds“““““““ :P
    “I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to.” – Elvis Presley 1935-1977

    elvis u.s. male( f*cked up version)…Elvis says f*ck

    US Male.0r.[pull the wool over my eyes]****[SOCK it To ME] :lol:

  • beevee14

    Why? Are things getting pretty raunchy over on YT? Good thing we*are more sedate and civilized here on the site… ;-)

    *By “we”, I mean anyone who does not mind being called sedate and civilized. If you are not in this group, you are not a “we”.

    U mite be a wee :mrgreen:

  • leonard

    :twisted: Wild Cherry – “Play That Funky Music”
    ….RiGHT Boy!!! :lol:

  • axelfoxito

    Be good? I preffer behave bad to get well, don’t cha think?

  • http://uk.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    Seems you have made a mistake too! It says please rate and comments over at YT

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    Added Buffalaxed above! Thanks! :-)

  • leonard

    Benny Lava leads me to…Elton Jonh & Cher-Bennie And The Jets Live

    good work Miss Orlova

    :smile: [caste]

  • leonard
  • http://www.youtube.com/mountainboy32 mountainboy32

    :mrgreen: Marina, if its not due-sh than what is the lyrics? :mrgreen:

  • freebird

    And… the answer is……… deuce! :grin:

  • http://uk.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    The real lyrics are actually “wrapped like a douche in the middle of thermite” lol

  • beevee14

    I wuv da funk. Bootsy is from my hometown and I think he is the one who started the ‘slapping’ funk sound with James Brown.He-e-ey! Let me kiss myself!! Then he got with P Funk and took it to a whole nother level! :!: :cool:
    Unrelated: Have you ever heard BB King’s album, “Indianola Mississippi Seeds”? From the music you lay down here, I think you like this. ;-) Billy Preston on the piano. Not as bluesy as some of his other things. Great album :mrgreen:

  • sghuisman

    One of the best misheard lyrics would be:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg5_mlQOsUQ
    Wishmaster (fishmaster, hamster, dentist, warrior et cetera…)

    Other 2 indian songs with misheard lyrics:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOgALTFzFbQ “may he poop on my knee”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpROhIg9eA “indian nipple song”

  • beevee14

    As in the car-deuce ;-)

    ‘Little Deuce Coupe’ Beach Boys

  • freebird

    Two-fifty for an eyeball and a buck and a half for an ear… is a “mondegreen” that I have used.

    The real lyrics are… “two-fifty for a high-ball and a buck and a half for a beer”.

    It is a song by a Canadian band called The Tragically Hip.

    It’s called Little Bones and here is the link to them playing it on YouTube.

  • hs4mm

    Parts of this song have pure instrumental sections (meaning no vocals) — but Buffalax has added words to those sections too! And yes, girls can laugh at the man in this video-song.

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    Here’s another one you may not have seen.
    And there are more like this on YouTube.
    Seems you have a lot of work to do before all the world speaks English as well as you.

  • hs4mm

    Want to avoid any miscommunication: I know girls can find the man in this video funny, but not being a girl, I really have no idea in what exact manner; and I suppose different girls will find him funny in different ways. Regarding my Comment Block #3.x on this video of yours: I am not laughing at you; I am actually extremely happy about something very profound that I see in you in this video; it has something to do with masculinity and femininity — but I can’t really explain it.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Manfred made it famous, but it is a Springsteen song. The Boss also has excellent song writing capabilities. He is much more than just a top-notch performer.

  • frameshiftproductions

    I posted all of my mondegreens when it was a NerdWord topic, but I’ll repost them here because many of them were pretty funny (to me)

    Justin Timberlake “Last Night” …crossed your s**t for you
    Actual lyric …crossed an ocean for you

    Fall Out Boy “America’s Suitehearts” Doesn’t want to hurt her heart. Medium bliss
    Actual lyric Down, set, one. Hut, hut, hike. Media blitz

    Blink-182 “All The Small Things” I’ll take one lick
    Actual lyric I’ll take one lift

    Tears For Fears “Break It Down Again” …the beauty of the gay
    Actual lyric …the beauty of decay

    Hannah Montana “Rock Star” Tai chi practices, no more champions
    Actual lyric Tai chi practices, snowboard champion

    Jimmy Eat World “Bleed American” Soft serve sugar on the asphalt. Uh-huh littering the topsoil. Truth is…forget about your potpourri
    Actual lyric Salt, sweat, sugar on the asphalt. Our hearts littering the topsoil. Tune in…The picket line or the parade

    The Killers “Spaceman” And they’re sipping White Lightning
    Actual lyric And they’re zipping white light beams

    Matt & Kim “Daylight” We cut the legs off and our hands threw watches into the ocean
    Actual lyric We cut the legs off of our pants. Threw our shoes into the ocean.

    Passion Pit “Sleepyhead” And you said, we all light fires around the grill
    Actual lyric And you said, it was like fire around the brim

    Shinedown “Second Change” I just saw Haley’s Comet shooting
    Actual lyric I just saw Haley’s Comet. She waved

    Timbaland & Fall Out Boy “One & Only” Now, it starts with words
    Actual lyric I wear scarves and hoods

    AFI “Prelude 12/21″ Kiss my a** and lay me to sleep
    Actual lyric Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep

    The Cab “One of Those Nights” …my face had been erased. Diseased
    Actual lyric …my face had been erased. Decieved

    Evanesence “Tourniquet” …pouring crimson red blood and peach mail
    Actual lyric …pouring crimson regret and betrayal

    Gym Class Heroes “Cookie Jar” They look so good when they’re seventeen
    Actual lyric They look so good in their Seven jeans

    Pussycat Dolls “When I Grow Up” When I grow up, I wanna have boobies
    Actual lyric When I grow up, I wanna have groupies

    Sara Bareilles “Love Song” I’m not gonna Raichu a love song
    Actual lyric I’m not gonna write you a love song

    Styles of Beyond “Subculture” Aw, here we come like a Sega Genesis
    Actual lyric Aw, here it come like a scene in “Genesis”

    The Ting Tings “That’s Not My Name” They call me h*e…They call me white girl
    Actual lyric They call me hell…They call me quiet

    The White Tie Affair “Take It Home” Put your trust on the floor
    Actual lyric It’s your dress on the floor

    30 Seconds To Mars “Attack” …and I am full of life
    Actual lyric …and I am finally free

    The Ernies “Here & Now” We just got six new lampshades, right down on the sidewalk
    Actual lyric The buzz of electric lamplight from down on the sidewalk

    Cobra Starship “Pleasure Ryland” Be, I’ll be right home. ‘Cause I’m, well, I’m your neighbor
    Actual lyric Be, be my h*e. ‘Cause I’m your moneymaker

    I really need to get my hearing checked.

  • http://thatmaninjapan.blogspot.com/ zank

    My favourite mondegreen is ‘I’m inclined to knock music’ which came out on a BBC Radio 1 phone-in show in the mid 70s. The caller was referring to Mozart’s ‘Eine Kleine Nacht Musik’ — believe it or not — It’s true! I heard this live on radio… :roll:

  • http://mikechimeriblog.com MCLIJazz

    That’s right. I forgot. It was on Bruce’s debut album.

  • greatestpotential

    ;-) Buffalaxed did a version of Michael Jackson’s Thriller but it seems more like a mondegreen tribute though :lol:

  • wutzmyname

    I LOVE YOUR FAKE *****. THEY ARE SO HOT THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SLATHER YOUR RUSSIAN **** WITH MY “NEW WORD” WUTZMYNAME!!!!!

    hAPPY LIFE!!!!!

    kISS MY ***** YOU FAME MONGER* NEW WORD* * U n I n m E* i WANT TO LICK YOUR **** DRY AND TURN YOU INTO A REAL SINGER WHEN YOU **** FROM MY TONGUE. KISS ME YOU BEAUTY. WWW,MYSPACE.COM/MYTHSON……..YAHOO.COM/WUTZMYNAME

  • wutzmyname

    I am sorry for being rude. I saw you on American Idol and thought,” Hey! She is the ultimate woman, next to my wife, of course.” I want to say keep up the great work and anything is possible. I LOVE YA!!!!!

  • wutzmyname

    I PUT PAPAYA THERE and HAVE YOU BEEN HIGH TODAY? I have not laughed like that in a long time. Thank you girl. THAT is very origonal. Wutzmyname…….say it.

  • wetsuit5

    Oh yes, I just love calling customer service and getting India.

    No service today, you must pay more, give us your credit card number.

  • http://uk.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    Strange, normally we don’t get YouTube loosers coming over here, but when the do they get thrown out quickly. I would say you have about 2 hours at the most.

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com äläx

    don’t feed the trolls.;)

  • http://uk.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    Simply put

    “we DISCLIAMER : Does not include alx”

  • greatestpotential

    if you do feed them rat poison

  • porkchopmark

    I would like to know the origin of [Hot Rod]:-)

  • seesixcm6

    Dear Marina,
    You look so happy when you sing!

    The Beach Boys had a hit song called “Little Deuce Coupe.” but it would be completely different if they sung about a “little douche coupe.” Maybe it would be a funny girl’s car. :razz:

    Weird Al Yankovic does many songs that humorously mimic famous originals. “Beat it” became “Eat it” “Get yourself an egg and beat it
    Have some more chicken, have some more pie
    It doesn’t matter if it’s boiled or fried
    Just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it…”

    Instead of “Girls just want to have fun”, Al Yankovic did it as “Girls just want to have lunch.”
    “Don’t ask ‘em to dinner
    Or breakfast or brunch,
    ‘Cause girls, they wanna have lunch.
    Ah, girls just wanna have lunch.”

    In the Army’s Company formation, the company commander would yell “”Com-pan-ee”, which was the cue for the three platoon leaders to yell “Pla-toon.” One morning the platoon leaders instead yelled “Spitoon.” But the formation call continued as scheduled. (It was hard to do humor in the Army.) :grin:
    Seesixcm6

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    I edited it like YouTube does :-)

  • http://uk.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    That makes sense I think what is behind the stars is this…

    I LOVE YOUR FAKE WTF. THEY ARE SO HOT THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SLATHER YOUR RUSSIAN PORN WITH MY “NEW WORD” WUTZMYNAME!!!!!

    hAPPY LIFE!!!!!

    kISS MY SEXY YOU FAME MONGER* NEW WORD* * U n I n m E* i WANT TO LICK YOUR PORN DRY AND TURN YOU INTO A REAL SINGER WHEN YOU SHIT FROM MY TONGUE. KISS ME YOU BEAUTY. WWW,MYSPACE.COM/MYTHSON……..YAHOO.COM/WUTZMYNAME

    “We can all begin to use some bad gramma’ “

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl

     
    Your’e welcome Marina.
    I had to listen to it again and it still cracks me up. :lol:

  • blackmatrixxx

    Hey

    Everytime when i listen to the song “Pokerface” by Lady Gaga i missunderstand the refrain.
    Instead of:

    Can’t read my,
    Can’t read my
    No he can’t read my poker face
    (she’s got to love nobody)
    Can’t read my
    Can’t read my
    No he can’t read my poker face
    (she’s got to love nobody)

    I think that the male voices (text in brackets) is singing:
    “shemale’s got no love, nobody” Which is a little bit weird :smile:

  • pig-in-a-poke

    OMG, thank you HotForWords. You mean there are others like me? I’m not alone! I didn’t know there was a name for my affliction. Understanding lyrics correctly is like understanding Russian to me. Da!

    Piginapokemon Mondegreener

  • pig-in-a-poke

    Ha, ha, the second video was funny. The words were the way I heard it, too. :lol:

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl

     
    Ragini Werner did a nice writeup on my favorite teacher HotForWords. (June 4, 2009) I don’t recall anyone mentioning this article. Check out the comments.

    Some of us have heard Spanglish, Ragini is trying
    to banish Dunglish (<– nerd word?), English with a
    Dutch accent in the written word.

  • amitscorpio

    I would like to request the word [Pro Bono]

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl
  • Heidi

    I also wonder if you could add a definition for [brassiere]? Thanks Marina! :smile:

  • Heidi

    It’s actually “she’s got me like nobody”

  • errin

    When I watched this lesson, I immediately thought of Weird Al’s ‘Smells Like Nirvana’, a song that revolves around Kurt Cobain’s vocals epitomizing the mondegreen. Here are the lyrics to the song:

    What is this song all about?
    Can’t figure any lyrics out
    How do the words to it go?
    I wish you’d tell me, I don’t know
    Don’t know, don’t know, don’t know, oh no
    Don’t know, don’t know, don’t know…

    Now I’m mumblin’ and I’m screamin’
    And I don’t know what I’m singin’
    Crank the volume, ears are bleedin’
    I still don’t know what I’m singin’
    We’re so loud and incoherent
    Boy, this oughta bug your parents
    Yeah

    Its unintel-ligible
    I just can’t get it through my skull
    Its hard to bargle nawdle zouss
    With all these marbles in my mouth
    Don’t know, don’t know, don’t know, oh no
    Don’t know, don’t know, don’t know…

    Well, we don’t sound like Madonna
    Here we are now, we’re Nirvana
    Sing distinctly? we don’t wanna
    Buy our album, we’re nirvana
    A garage band from seattle
    Well, it sure beats raising cattle
    Yeah

    And I forgot the next verse
    Oh well, I guess it pays to rehearse
    The lyric sheet’s so hard to find
    What are the words? oh, nevermind
    Don’t know, don’t know, don’t know, oh no
    Don’t know, don’t know, don’t know…

    Well, I’m yellin’ and we’re playin’
    But I don’t know what I’m sayin’
    What’s the message I’m conveyin’?
    Can you tell me what I’m sayin?
    So have you got some idea?
    Didn’t think so — well, I’ll see ya
    Sayonara, sayonara
    Ayonawa, odinawa
    Odinaya, yodinaya
    Yaddayadda, yaaahyaaah
    Ayaaaaaah!

    And of course, here is the link to the video of the song:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxh5v5MpEB8

    Ah, the good ol’ days when rock reigned instead of rap and pop… At least Weird Al has survived the test of time, no matter what genre he mocks.

    As for me, I know I’ve made a few mondegreens in the past, but none come to mind right now. I’ll have to think about it…

    Peace, Errin : )

    p.s. My music can be heard at http://www.myspace.com/errinfamilia . I think I sing my lyrics in a mondegreen-free way.

  • errin

    Thought I’d include a link to Nirvana’s original video that Weird Al so closely aped:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPQR-OsH0RQ

    What’s amazing is that it has 28 million hits on youtube! Wow!

  • inco

    The Benny Lava has and must be a parody !!!!!!!!! MUST!!!!!!
    please Marina the word Pygmalion (form and meaning)
    Bye and come in Soci

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/capman911 Capman911

    You should have just deleted him. There is no room here for trolls. :???:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/capman911 Capman911

    One of my favorites is a common mondegreen of the last line is “There’s a bathroom on the right”. (The correct line is “There’s a bad moon on the rise”.) Fogerty himself has been known to occasionally substitute the “bathroom” version of the lyric as a joke during his live shows, including on his 1998 live album Premonition.

  • originalistrick

    You have a wife? Why don’t you show her your comment…

  • pennsyltucky9

    He has to patch her up and inflate her first.

  • pennsyltucky9

    I’m with you, Mike. They have a way of multiplying like a virus in the summer heat.

    When a dog smells dog pee, it pees there. When vandals see graffiti, they put their tag there. When tourists see litter, they’ll drop their trash there. When a troll gets any attention whatsoever, more trolls come out of the woodwork.

  • Oliv

    I would like to request the word apocalypse!! Thank’s :)

  • wutzmyname

    I fill her up with your hot air.

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    WTM? Using a NWoD (pronounced en-wadd) from June 1 as a lesson word? My mind is reeling. My brain bounces around in my skull like a pinball. Is not the purpose of the NWoD to keep NWoDs out of the lesson stream—to keep the stream pure? Putting interviews up as lessons… ARRRGH! What next? Will we find that your shopping list or shoe inventory has become a lesson? Is this just a Venus/Mars thing or are you deliberately trying to make my head explode?

    BTW, the menu item NeRd woRds, logically speaking, should function the same as All Words, namely it should be an index of all NWoDs, all of which are clickable. Perhaps because NWoDs are new and such an index would now only contain a few items, you have put up glorified thumbnails for each. As time goes by, however, there will be too many to put on one Webpage, so you will be forced to make it an index and the earth will rotate far more smoothly.

    Finally, just to tangle reader’s minds with one more self-referential twist, Mondegreen’s “glorified thumbnail” should have read, “wrapped up like a douchebagette in the middle of the night???” :shock:

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    If he was a pro, he wouldn’t have run into that tree.

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    I’m a certified we.

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    That’s someone who plays one of these.

    It’s true, I tell you.

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    Yeah, why not a throckmorton boy?

  • 13o12n

    ty i’ll hav 2 look into this more

    hmm genedl…

  • pennsyltucky9

    I rest my case.

  • pennsyltucky9

    Last band I was in, these were both on our set list. Thanks, leonard!

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    Here’s a mondegreenathon.

  • pennsyltucky9

    Those are right painful, Bob. :lol: Where DO you find them?

  • vincentb

    An ad campaign based on mondegreens
    Campaign

    (looks english words however it sounds frenchy)

    [procrastination]

  • pennsyltucky9

    Thanks for straightening me out on this one, philbee! What a relief :lol: . I always thought it was “Sugar-fried bunny butts.”

  • darlingj

    Hi Heidi!

    BV wanted to see a more sexy pic of you head on, I guess this is it! U R way cute!

    Hope to see you around Heidi, love hearing the woman’s point of view among all these salacious guys! Me included…

    Show us some civilisation…please? ;-)

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    I don’t find them – they find me.

  • darlingj

    PK,

    SNAP OUT OF IT!!!!

    We all love her (although I can’t speak for Alex)…

    She’s way cool, yes. But cut yourself some slack! ;=)

    SLAP…SLAP…SLAP…

    COME TO YOUR SENSES MAN!!!

    …But far be it from me to tell another guy how to feel…so…

    carry on!…

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    Here’s another one that just found me. :lol:

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    Let’s have a [lynch]-party.

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl

     
    Ooohhh, thanks, I needed that.
    I was just about to trade in my iPhone
    for HotForWords and her sister, you know, a twofer.
    OK, I think I am back to normal now. :shock:

  • beevee14

    We-e-e-ell, I didn’t want to get personal but,….. :twisted: :!:

    When he gets back from the barber ;-) , he is going to be pissed! :!: :cool:

  • beevee14

    You’ve got it written all over you! :mrgreen:

    UNDER U :?:

  • beevee14

    I mentioned something about that to leonard way back in the beginning of this lesson. Could M be blowin’ up :!: so much that she is dropping the ball on her day job?

    NEVER, I say!! I mean, alot has happened in the 38 days in between the NWoD(I like that) and the lesson. :twisted:

  • darlingj

    OK then,

    Things are back to normal… ;-)

  • beevee14

    I would consider you normal, sane, lucid, and yes, even lucky; to trade ONE phone for TWO M’s! ;-)

  • beevee14

    Hey M, looking at your twitpics and noticed the one of you in the red shirt and it reminded me of the Aerosmith album, “Just Press Play” :!: ;-)

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    I don’t know if Marina will feel disposed to make a video on nipple, but here is another Buffalaxed-inspired video which I’m sure you will enjoy.

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    BillyB will like this one – “D’you speak Canadienne?”

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    Nay, verily, it is written, “An i for an i, and a two for a two.” :roll:

  • darlingj

    PS – Look out for leonard! ;-)

    PPS – It’s a JOKE leonard… :lol:

  • ptm368

    Teacher –
    Another outstanding lesson!

    The only Mondegreen I can think of is from “Hot for Teacher”

    I could have sworn I heard “Marina needs to see me after school”…

    Just wishful thinking I guess… Keep up the good work!

  • beevee14

    Yes, M IS hot. Never really thought of that before. :?: hmmm :?: Still, I’d like to knock the dust off of her erasers and clean her chalkboard with a wet sponge.

    gotta go. orderlie is coming…

  • dill3

    My favorite is from the Beatles, The girl with colitis goes by, written as The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

  • madcoyote

    CampKohler
    Sorry but no cigar that would be Calliopegian or Calliopeist although you could have a callipygian Calliopeist. But you would have to have a different vantage to know for sure!

  • leonard

    pistol of pen&paper…Quick Draw McGraw: Bow-Wow Bandit :oops:

    :lol:
    [d r a w]

    with-drawn

    DRAFT and checkers

    short end of the straw-draw” :lol: real kids

  • leonard

    Quick Draw McGraw: Bow-Wow Bandit :evil: free drawn -american imported and stamped by the USDA…united-shit-done-argue….food-stamps makes for jobs to ration American fascist money…taxes are to break citizens and buy canadian crap of products: doped – up wheat of honkgong and common of britishAMERIca…it won’t mattER who is madder :mrgreen: P*E*A*(s)*C*E

  • leonard

    british of chinacanada?…dog foo(l)ds…honk with clownsKonged…tube feeders?? :?: :???: :?: :???: edited my ASS :evil: ps…i love to click and EDit

  • leonard

    [trolls]…”free and I’m with stupid” :lol:

  • leonard

    happy be your “moon child birth”…[CANCER]… :razz: U ROCK and I rock and ran

  • leonard

    Huckleberry Hound – 10 – Freeway Patrol
    or the song “HOT ROD” by BlackOak Arkansas :cool: or is, is it a horses carrot?

  • pig-in-a-poke

    First I was going to answer your question that it is the French word for “stick ‘em up.” Did you know Howard Hughes invented the under wire bra for Jane Russell? As for his airplanes, he was always seeking ways for more lift.

    Second, being curious, too, I misspelled the word as brazier and found an entertaining answer: “metal container to hold burning coals,” 1690, from Fr. brasier “pan of hot coals,” from O.Fr. brasier, from brese “embers”.
    That’s hot!

    Third time’s a charm: brassiere
    18c., “woman’s underbodice,” from Fr. brassière “child’s chemise, shoulder strap” (17c.), from O.Fr. braciere “arm guard,” from bras “an arm,” from L. brachium (see brace). Modern use is a euphemistic borrowing first recorded 1909.

    A friend works for a bra company. Advertisement.

  • finnish1980

    Dear Marina :grin: I am guy from Finland and I have always wonder where my name comes from. I would say that my name isn’t order nary Finnish name. I have try to fine the answer from internet but I couldn’t fine it. My name is [ismo] and it’s been said that it relate’s to Arabic name Ismail.

    Sorry about the English- I am from Finland :grin:

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    I hear you saying “hotts for words” that’s my Mondegreen.

    Always a TREAT to hear you sing (place sarcasm emoticon here) :smile:

  • freebird

    :cool: deuce… as in cards… the two of hearts :cool:

  • pat haskett

    You are hilarious, I love you!

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    “Pre-order my new book here”? How else could you order it except before you get it? Well, perhaps there’s a way and I just don’t know it. OK, I’m game. Send me the book, and then I’ll order it. What would you call that, a post-order?

    No, wait… Just asking you to send the book before I order it is in itself an order, isn’t it? It’s just not a prepaid order. OK, then (my, this is getting more difficult than I figured), I won’t ask you to send it. You will just have to send it out of the blue without me asking for the book. Yes, that should do it. When it arrives, I will just have to remember to act surprised:

    Why, I wonder what this could be? It’s from Hotforwords. Maybe it’s a consolation prize for not winning the date. A box lunch of some kind. Maybe a steak kit. You know, a frozen steak, an aluminum tray, a few charcoal briquettes, a coathanger to be fashioned into a skewer to hold the meat over the fire. And three toothpicks: one to clean my teeth and two to rub together to start the fire. And, just to complete the M experience, an old bra and a pair of high-heeled shoes (which I will have to stuff with my imagination). And a SASE doggy bag so I can mail back a scrap of meat for Gorby to snack on. Yes, that’s what it must be… Oh, a book! How thoughtful!

    CK claps his hands together and contemplates writing his Oscar acceptance speech.

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com äläx

    “love” is such a strong word …

  • djabberwocky

    Six – Mondegreens a much cooler because they’re on the spur of the moment ‘Weird Al’ is a cool guy but his stuff is Satire its funny for that reason and he does it as an artform and hes good at it but its not like his lyrics are misheard. A true Mondegreen is funny in the extreme because its what people think theyre actually singing which is even funnier to the point, because why would song writers write some of the lyrics that people think theyre singing???

    Hey dear Teacher you keep up the good work we Love what you do ( And please, please, please Marina when is nerd girl going to put in another appearance We Love her almost as much as we love You!!!)

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    No, no, no. HH was always searching for ways to get less drag. Hmmm… In the application being discussed, “more lift” and “less drag” amount to the same thing, don’t they? :mrgreen:

    The underwire in the underware would have to be made of stainless steel, else if the wire were to get wet, you’d have bust rust.

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    Oh, that’s priceless!

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    Oh, your imagery has made my mind…
    …made my mind…
    …made mmmmm…
    …mmmmm…
    …wet erasers…

  • pennsyltucky9

    Hi finnish1980, and welcome to HotForWords.

    Your English has a few mistakes, but it is understandable. I hope we’ll get to hear from you regularly. It’s good to know what people from around the world are thinking about and we are all here to learn, so have a seat! There are a few vacant desks right here in the front of the classroom.

    -pennsyltucky9

  • theslick1

    where did [gusto] come from? as in [go for the gusto]?

  • pennsyltucky9

    The Monkees visiting their doctor: “I- I- I- I- I’m not your stethescope!” :grin:

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com äläx

    the cool guys always sat in the back. even kings.

  • pennsyltucky9

    They can sit wherever they want; the SEATing isn’t ASSigned (heh heh).

    Personally, I prefer to see every little thing my teacher is doing in this class from as close as possible. So I like the front better, especially when she leans over the desk to grade our homework. :shock: I know, I know… I’m just, like, SO not cool…

  • beevee14

    Can you imagine M bending over the package, getting it ready, and a couple of hairs accidentally fall into the package :?: ! When you got them they would still have her shampoo fragarance(I’m thinking ‘Head & Shoulders’) on them and you could lay them on the pillow next to you. As genetics move along, you will eventually be able to clone her for a nominal fee and have an M of your own forever!

    Or two, or three…. :twisted:

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com äläx

    we had this russian teacher back in … i don’t know … fifth grade or whatever. ms. tarasova. she actually did that, you know, you’d call her to your desk, ask her a stupid question, point at the book or something, and she’d lean over. of course, you had to turn the book so she wouldn’t stand behind you but in front of you. we guys did that all the time, the girls rolling their eyes. lol. needless to say, her bras were a big issue back then. oh, and she always wore those silk or satin blouses, preferably green ones. she served me and a friend of mine cake and coffee once, at her place. but that’s another story.

  • http://www.rockyfrisco.com hotrocky

    Of course you know that there are books full of Mondegreens, very funny. My favorite one is the old church song, “Gladly the Cross I’d Bear,” heard as “Gladly the Cross-eyed Bear.” When I was a kid, I tried to find Gladly in the Bible, but he wasn’t in there.

  • http://www.rockyfrisco.com hotrocky

    Got email from GoDaddy today. Parsons said “Plus a very hot Russian Chick.” Any idea who he was referring to? :)

  • fredjr

    One does not wish to egg on foul humor, but is it true what “they” say? That he was found: Sunny side up?

  • beevee14

    Yeah, there wasn’t enough left to Cher! :???:

  • porkchopmark

    Can you say Hot Rod in Russian.. And the Song is “Hot Rod Lincoln” or if you are really Smart you can Find “His horn went BEEP, BEEP, BEEP” this would be awesome and I would immediately send you ONE THOUSAND ROSES!!

  • greatestpotential

    I think it was this particular very hot Russian Chick here :!:

  • placebo

  • ndenicol

    Can you explain the word [diathesis]?

  • placebo

    when i grow up i wanna be famous i wanna… have boobies !

    I wear my sunglasses at night so i can keep track of visions in ma ass

  • pennsyltucky9

    Okay, you’re hired. Fill out these tax forms… :lol:

  • greatestpotential

    :twisted: usually find mondegreens in songs with somewhat incoherent lyrics

  • porkchopmark

    Hi Dear, Will you show me the origin of [Hot Rod]. or at least help me drive my [Hot Rod] Home. The perfect Hot Rod song is ” Hot Rod Lincoln ” or “His horn went BEEP, BEEP, BEEP ” that would be perfect! My Russian friend Moshe and his wife love to watch me play my “[Bassfiddle]” in Hollywood. I might be willing to pay you to make an appearance at the Redwood Bar “sunday brunch Americana” Let me know if this is interesting to you. I am so busy I can not make your show this week in San Diego. I hope you will forgive me Teacher. You have made me laugh so much.

    Mark the [Hot Rod] Guy

  • http://www.rockyfrisco.com hotrocky

    Ooh! Thanks! Saved that one!

  • http://sostire.ca/ BillyB
  • greatestpotential

    You’re welcome hotrocky- it’s good to have you back and posting comments here :!:

  • joe19904

    How about doing [third degree] meaning intense interrogation. I heard it had something to do with Free Masons 3rd degree but I haven’t been able to find it on the Internet.

  • originalistrick

    Don’t know if this incident actually happened, but I’d like to think it did-

    A mother & her young son were flying Southwest Airlines from Kansas City to Chicago.

    The little boy, who had been looking out the window, turned to his mom and asked,

    “If big dogs have baby dogs and big cats have baby cats, why don’t big planes have baby planes?”

    The mother, who couldn’t think of an answer, told her son to ask the flight attendant.

    So the boy went down the aisle and asked the flight attendant,
    “If big dogs have baby dogs and big cats have baby cats, why don’t big planes have baby planes?”

    The busy flight attendant smiled and said, “Did your mother tell you to ask me?”
    The boy said, “Yes, she did.”

    “Well, then, you go and tell your mother that there are no baby planes because Southwest always pulls out on time. Have your mother explain that to you.

  • wetfun

    [muster] as did not pass muster and is this related to the condiment mustard ?

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gRtq2-gziI buzzword

    just stopping by to say i’m still alive. although my study partners are dead. challenging quarter in the cadaver lab.

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    Three! One to clean my teeth and two to rub together to start a fire. :lol:

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    I wonder if she pined for him?

  • http://www.glanton.com John

    I would like to request the word [adeptitude]

    It was first used in 1825 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SeYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA196&dq=adeptitude

    What does it mean today?

    John Royle
    john.royle@glanton..com

  • http://sostire.ca/ BillyB

    Have you done any study on “live” human bahavior? Anthony Martin wins a lunch date with Marina couple of days ago. He says “… and who says you can’t win in life?” & “Looking at Marina’s twitpics. Wow she is so down to earth but on a whole other level, does that sound right? I can’t wait to meet her!!!”
    I ask you, does this sound like a cool (& real) dude? Nobody from the HFW website is following him on twitter. That’s not saying Marina is a “nobody” but maybe the two of me is. I won’t say more… right now.
    Oh, I’m alive too, although a bit dead in June. You enjoy the little break you had there?

  • http://sostire.ca/ BillyB

    Oh crap, you gotta be signed into twitter to get the link to work. Anthony Martin from the Funky Barnyard.

  • http://www.glanton.com John

    I would like to request the word [Adeptitude]

    It has a great history: http://books.google.co.uk/books?q=adeptitude

    But not used so much these days. Why’s that?

    John

  • http://sostire.ca/ BillyB

    OK, maybe not Damn, try this :roll:

  • leonard

    @BillBroughton Thank you dude. I just signed up on the 4th of July, LOL. I follow her on youtube. She’s the reason I came to Twitter. Shhhhh :roll:

  • http://sostire.ca/ BillyB

    It was painfully slow… yet amusing LOL. Celine Dion our national treasurer, made it big, Stateside.
    How about something up tempo, if not a little annoying, yet, not without value… can’t help but think this was written as a purposeful mondegreen… Vicinity of Obscenity

  • http://sostire.ca/ BillyB

    Ha ha ha… tears are running down my face from watching that Buffalaxed video. “A nerd to punk a nerd”… hahahaha, laffing so hard I’m bleeding… fuckin’ eh! hahaha. Sorry… loosing my composure.
    Seriously, those moves fit right in with the words, so funny “I’m swimmin init” (beeeejay).
    I musta’ needed that… whoo (c:

  • http://sostire.ca/ BillyB

    Sticking with my Canadian content rules, courtesy of the C.R.T.C. I hear “naked at work”

  • http://sostire.ca/ BillyB

    Last one, courtesy of my oldest kid, way back when this song was hot. He’d sing along with the chorus, at the top of his voice “it’s a stuffed fried green tomato”
    I heard a line in there at 30 sec. “… take a nude picture”?

  • http://cargalmathbooks.com jmcargal

    [hoodwink]

  • raptorok

    I would like to request the word [classy].

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    Well … up tempo it certainly was but … what a [cacophony]!
    After playing that out loud, all my house-plants have wilted. :sad:

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    I wonder if she’ll take the T-shirt off before using it as an eraser. :twisted:

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    The libel laws being what they are, you might consider cutting that reference to Head and Shoulders before they sue you for suggesting that their product causes hair loss. :grin:

  • vincentb

    Aptitudeis a command-line tool for updating Ubuntu linux distros, tool based on the APT command.

    Then come Adept, a user-friendly interface to these tools. APTitude, adeptitude, adept, may be there’s something to digg in for Hoatfourward ;)

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    Good one. :lol:

  • tess

    I would like to request the word [homogolation]

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gRtq2-gziI buzzword

    dude i think you need another break.

  • nomusician

    I’m sure you’ll be able to put in a good word for [gimmick].
    Where did this word originate?
    Thanks…

  • darlingj

    Just noticed the new organization in the ‘All Words’ directory, and the Private Message feature in the Forums. Both are really nice improvements!

    Someone’s been busy. Good work!

  • joboi

    1. [masturbate]
    2. [wank]
    3. [wanker]

  • daysleeper

    Good work… :)

    I have a suggestion for your next word-project: “Teetotal.”
    in Brief, the word is attributed to to Dicky Turner, a member of an anti-alcohol society, who had a stammer, and in a speech said that nothing would do but “tee-tee-total abstinence”.

    I read that there is an inscription on his grave: “The guy who discovered the word ‘teetotal’.”

    Check it out… and keep rocking

  • shawn10

    [yesteryear]
    [paper maché]

  • beevee14

    Hey Buzz, hows tricks? I was pretty sure you had went the way of Cha-Cha but then I remembered that I AM the one who has been pissing people off here, not you :!: . We need your steady hand to keep the boat from rocking. bsomebody is on vaction(staycation?) and P9 has been doing his best but its kind of a forest fire with a garden hose. :mrgreen:

    Have a good’un

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com äläx

    how’s things?

  • Samme

    Hi Marina!

    I occasionally do watch some of your lessons and I really enjoy them :)

    Now I’ve stumbled across a word, the word [exodus], I’ve read about “the exodus” but I haven’t been able to find the origin of the word itself.

    I hope this might be a bit of a challenge for you!

  • cubert

    Я – болельщик , это мой первый комментарий, я – фактически американец, но моя мать – это русский. Я наслаждаюсь ваш видео. Они заставляют меня думать, и смех. Я наслаждаюсь ими очень. Спасибо. Также, ваш красивый, женитесь на мне. Также, я имею слово для вас, что является происхождением слова [предусмотрительностью].

  • parthenophilast

    Is it [inexpendable], [unexpendable], or neither?

    A few days ago, I told my friend that, one day, I’d like to be unexpendable. He corrected me, saying the correct word was inexpendable. I can’t find either in any of the dictionaries at my disposal, however (or in Microsoft Word). Maybe you could hyphenate one of them?
    Thanks

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com äläx

    seems to be “unexpendable”.
    –> # 1
    –> # 2.
    –> # 3.

    also, google gives 41,700 hits for “unexpendable” (which is not that much), but only 1,940 for “inexpendable”.

    “un-” / “in-” are prefixes used for negation, so, maybe someone knows which one of them is the more productive one.

  • thoughtforwords

    “and there’s a wino down the road – I should have stolen Oreos”

    “and as we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls”

    Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven

  • thoughtforwords

    “no dogs orgasm in the classroom”

    “no dark sarcasm in the classroom”

    Pink Ffloyd, Another Brick in the Wall

  • thoughtforwords

    Rocket man, burning all the trees off every lawn

    Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone

    Eltn John, Rocket Man

  • thoughtforwords

    don’t you know you’ve got two chocolate monkeys?

    don’t you know you’ve got to shock the monkey

    Peter Gabriel, Shock the Monkey

  • eric812

    hello miss marina,sorry i have`nt to your website in awhile.i was at this resturant one evening and i over heard a conversation and this person said he was[abliguritio].marina dear can you investigate this word please?

  • http://magicstar.50webs.org/index.html Jim

    So, Marina…How many times in a day do you get,[hit on]?

  • http://youtube.com/goddamnshawtsnapin3 haitianboy

    Marina,
    I have a Twitter!! So I was wondering if you could follow me. (getting pretty boring. :| )

  • jimmy_c

    Hi Marina,
    Why do we say [speak of the devil] when someone you are speaking about enters the room?
    jimmy_c

  • stigmatasaurus

    don’t need to send me any roses, but that lyric is from “The Little Nash Rambler.”

  • brucy

    I am confused, is it [Fullproof] or [foolproof]?

  • http://FantasticDougsSpace 2utoday

    :mrgreen: I think only chicks and rednecks create Mondegreen’s. I am neither so that lets me out. He-he!

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    What kind of tomfullery are you talking about?

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    The number of Google hits is meaningless, because it’s just the number of pages people have written with those letter combinations in them. And you what kind of crap people can produce. Nevertheless, if you enter the un- version into Onelook, you will get n nine results, but none for the in-.

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    You’ll have to mentally edit the above yourself. :roll:

  • beevee14

    Sounds like he’s fool of it to me :mrgreen:

  • beevee14

    The whole saying is “Speak of the devil, and he/she/it will soon appear”. Maybe it is from the Bible :?: :???:

  • brucy

    well, when someone says it in the context of making a plan, do they say [fullproof] or [foolproof]?

  • beevee14

    If you are singing lyrics YOU believe to be correct, but are actually wrong; then you could be guilty of Mondegreenism without even knowing it :!: ;-) :???:

    Did I just blow your mind? :?:

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    The trouble with making something foolproof is that before long the universe invents a better fool.

  • brucy

    haha, i like that one ^_^

  • parthenophilast

    None of those are sources that would pass muster in a term paper, but Google searches generally yield the right answer if one is searching for relative usage, so I think I was right. Maybe Marina can confirm with the OED or some other comprehensive source?

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com äläx

    umm. i don’t think princeton university is an unreliable source but … okay …

  • http://FantasticDougsSpace 2utoday

    :mrgreen: Due to hay fever,the only thing I blow is my nose. And I do it with class! LOL!

  • parthenophilast

    Oh, sorry. I didn’t know it was based on that Princeton source. I always assumed it was as unreliable as Wikipedia.

  • hott4urblog

    My favorite one I heard is CCR The bathroom’s on da right. Mostly we do it on purpose for fun like cultists do MONY MONY. Tottally different than from misquoting of taking things out of context like the so-called best lawyers and the highest judges.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/seanhoutx seankim

    Iron Butterfly’s “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”

    Sounds like “In the Garden of Eden”

  • http://calling-muggins.blogspot.com/ muggins

    One small mondegreen that I’ve just come across in Cream’s “Tales of Brave Ulysses”

    “The tiny purple fishes run lauging through your fingers,
    And you want to take her with you to the heartland of the winter.”, or so I thought it was for forty years.

    It’s actually, The tiny purple fishes run lauging through your fingers, And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter. Which is more tangible, and it could mean anywhere it was darn cold, like North Dakota. Compared to heartland which is more abstract and mythical, as if it were on the vast expanses of Russia, where 2 seemingly unstoppable armies were crushed by the winter. The lyrics really work either way, I actually prefer the “hard land” somehow, because it’s less complicated, yet still graphic.

    You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever,
    But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun.

    And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids,
    And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave ulysses:
    How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing,
    For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips.

    And you see a girls brown body dancing through the turquoise,
    And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea.
    And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body,
    Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind.

    The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers,
    And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter.
    by Martin Sharp

  • matalexwolf

    nick kershaw…..i wont let your mum go down on me, no i wont let your mum go down.

    ;-)

  • http://www.hotforwords.com/members/red-dragon/ Evan Owen

    Another mondegreen:

    ♪We must stop and taste the haaaay♫ ;-)

  • http://www.hotforwords.com/members/melikadothechacha/ Me Lika Do The Cha Cha

    cat stevens – ride on the B string (Peace Train)

  • http://www.hotforwords.com/members/leonard/ leoNard
  • beevee14

    Hello, leaNard! I’m fine. How you? Here is one I wrote yesterday:
    I’m not very smart but I think I got my mind wrapped around it. What with Charlie Rangel and Maxine Watters ethics charges/investigations/denials/whatever and the economy; you would think BHO would be crying hisself to sleep every night at what he has done to his party, let alone the country. But here it is: HE WANTS IT TO HAPPEN. BHO will throw anybody under the bus for four more years and is selling these two down the river without a qualm. The dems lose the house AND senate because of all this, the repubs come in and change the tax structure, the economy takes off, BHO takes the credit and gets four more years. Don’t think it’ll happen?? We-e-e-ell, see: Bill Clinton, 1994.Oh, he would and could never so out loud but he is a historian and he remembers what happened. Will we? In a sidenote, hopefully he will be running against Newt Gingrich, the man who made the ‘Contract with America’ that helped those repubs so much. Hell, I just wanna see the debate! Newt would have ‘ugh-ugh-ughing’ more than normal(but still less than Gibbs in the in the average press conference anymore!)
    This is known as Chicago politics WRIT LARGE: I keep hearing rumors that BHO may make an executive decision granting amnesty to illegal immigrants. I have also heard that the admin is running into a problem getting the soldiers mail-in ballots ready and there is some obscure law that could make them invalid if not sent to and/or sent back to/from the soldiers in a timely manner. Hmmmm. ‘Very Interesting’ as they said on Laugh-In. If you give the vote to 12 million generally left leaning who owe you their freedom and essentially take it away from 5 million generally right leaning people who were not gonna vote for you anyway; that sounds to me like a 17 million vote swing. We’ll put a pin in that one…
    Speaking of Rangel: He was in front of the House today complaining that nobody has ever given him a chance to speak about his case while talking for 30 minutes about his case. At one point he eclaimed, “I love my country. I love my congress…” and I thought of how true that old saying is(even in the electronic age):
    “Patriotism. The last refuge of a scoundrel.” It brought a smile to this lined and weary face.
    Until next time…819 days until sanity once again prevails(hopefully) but only 84 days till mid-terms

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