Achinz
Feb 05, 2004, 10:12 PM
This title in a NYtimes article well describes Mondegreens. For the uninitiated see:
http://cs.anu.edu.au/~Carol.Edmondson/cc/mondegreens/MoreMondegreens.shtml
and
http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/carroll/mondegreens.shtml
My own was from my first years in primary (elementary) school when we sang the (UK) national anthem:
"...long to rain over us
God save the Queen."
and had some difficulty picturing her Majesty gently falling from the sky!
Perhaps you might have your own Mondegreen(s) to share?
http://cs.anu.edu.au/~Carol.Edmondson/cc/mondegreens/MoreMondegreens.shtml
and
http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/carroll/mondegreens.shtml
My own was from my first years in primary (elementary) school when we sang the (UK) national anthem:
"...long to rain over us
God save the Queen."
and had some difficulty picturing her Majesty gently falling from the sky!
Perhaps you might have your own Mondegreen(s) to share?