Examples Mondegreen

1 examples

1.1 in songs
1.2 standardized , recorded mondegreens

1.2.1 non-english languages


1.3 in literature
1.4 in film
1.5 in television
1.6 other examples

examples
in songs

the top 3 mondegreens submitted regularly mondegreen expert jon carroll are:

both creedence s john fogerty , hendrix acknowledged these mishearings deliberately singing mondegreen versions of songs in concert.

the national anthem of united states highly susceptible (especially young grade-school students) creation of mondegreens, 2 in first line. francis scott key s star-spangled banner begins line o can see, dawn s light. has been accidentally , deliberately misinterpreted jose, can see, example of hobson-jobson effect, countless times. second half of line has been misheard well, donzerly light, or other variants. has led many people believing donzerly actual word.

blinded light , cover of bruce springsteen song manfred mann s earth band, contains has been called misheard lyric of time . phrase revved deuce , altered springsteen s original cut loose deuce, both lyrics referring hot rodders slang deuce (short deuce coupé) 1932 ford coupé, misheard wrapped douche . springsteen himself has joked phenomenon, claiming not until manfred mann rewrote song feminine hygiene product song became popular.

a 2010 survey in britain found commonly misheard lyric call me when try wake in r.e.m. s sidewinder sleeps tonite, misheard calling jamaica. other misheard lyrics reported in survey included see girl, watch scream, kicking dancing queen, abba song dancing queen ( see girl, watch scene, diggin dancing queen ).

rap , hip hop lyrics may particularly susceptible being misheard because not follow standard pronunciations. delivery of rap lyrics relies heavily upon regional pronunciation or non-traditional accenting of words , phonemes adhere artist s stylizations , lyrics s written structure. issue exemplified in controversies on alleged transcription errors in yale university press s 2010 anthology of rap. example, in 2015 song post omarion ft. chris brown & jhené aiko, aiko s lyric might have nigga sailing soul me misheard selling soul play on title of aiko s mixtape sailing soul(s).

standardized , recorded mondegreens

sometimes, modified version of lyric becomes standard, case twelve days of christmas . original has 4 colly birds (colly means black; cf. midsummer night s dream: brief lightning in collied night. ); sometime around turn of twentieth century, these became calling birds, lyric used in 1909 frederic austin version.

a number of misheard lyrics have been recorded, turning mondegreen real title. song sea lion woman , recorded in 1939 christine , katherine shipp, performed nina simone under title see line woman . according liner notes compilation treasury of library of congress field recordings, actual title of playground song might see [the] lyin woman or c-line woman . jack lawrence s misinterpretation of french phrase pauvre jean ( poor john ) identically pronounced pauvres gens ( poor people ) led translation of la goualante du pauvre jean ( ballad of poor john ) poor people of paris , hit song in 1956.

non-english languages

ghil ad zuckermann cites hebrew example mukhrakhím liyót saméakh ( must happy , grammar mistake) instead of (the high-register) úru akhím belév saméakh ( wake up, brothers, happy heart ), well-known song háva nagíla ( let’s happy ). israeli site dedicated hebrew mondegreens has coined term avatiach (hebrew watermelon) mondegreen , named common mishearing of shlomo artzi s award-winning 1970 song ahavtia ( loved , using form uncommon in spoken hebrew).

the title of film la vie en rose depicting life of Édith piaf can mistaken l avion rose (the pink airplane).

the french word lapalissade , designating gross truism or platitude, derived name of jacques ii de chabannes, seigneur de la palice, because of misread mondegreen in mourning song written after heroic death. reading f long s (ſ), s’il n’était pas mort, il ferait encore envie ( if not dead, still arouse envy ) becomes il serait encore en vie ( still alive ). truism remains first , well-known lapalissade in french.

the title of 1983 french novel le thé au harem d archi ahmed ( tea in harem of archi ahmed ) mehdi charef (and 1985 movie of same name) based on main character mishearing le théorème d archimède ( theorem of archimedes ) in mathematics class.

a classic example in french similar lady mondegreen anecdote: in 1962 collection of children s quotes la foire aux cancres, humorist jean-charles refers misunderstood lyric of la marseillaise (the french national anthem): entendez-vous ... mugir ces féroces soldats (do hear savage soldiers roar?) heard ...séféro, ce soldat (that soldier séféro).

the well-known mondegreen in brazil in song noite prazer (night of pleasure) claudio zoli: line na madrugada vitrola rolando um blues, tocando b. b. king sem parar (at dawn phonograph playing blues, playing b. b. king nonstop), misheard na madrugada vitrola rolando um blues, trocando de biquini sem parar (at dawn phonograph playing blues, [people are] exchanging bikini nonstop).

in literature

the title of j. d. salinger s catcher in rye mistaken mondegreen. main character, holden caulfield, misremembers sung version of robert burns poem comin thro rye : line gin body meet body / comin through rye recalled gin body catch body / comin through rye. not mondegreen, result of confabulation in holden s psyche in line theme of novel.

a monk swimming author malachy mccourt titled because of childhood mishearing of phrase catholic rosary prayer, hail mary. amongst women became monk swimmin .

the title , plot of short sci-fi story come nigh: kay shuns ( com-mu-ni-ca-tions ) lawrence a. perkins, in analog science fiction , fact magazine (april 1970), deals securing interplanetary radio communications encoding them mondegreens.

in beverly cleary s children s book ramona pest, ramona mishears dawn s light dawnzerlee light , proceeds wonder word dawnzerlee means.

in film

a monologue of mondegreens appears in 1971 film carnal knowledge. camera focuses on actress candice bergen laughing recounts various phrases fooled child, including round john virgin (instead of round yon virgin... ) , gladly, cross-eyed bear .

the enigmatic title of 2013 film ain t them bodies saints misheard lyric folk song; director david lowery decided use because evoked classical, regional feel of 1970s rural texas.

in television

mondegreens name of segment on australian music quiz show spicks , specks (abc tv).

mondegreens have been used in many television advertising campaigns, including:

an advertisement 2012 volkswagen passat touting car s audio system shows number of people singing incorrect versions of line burning out fuse here alone elton john/bernie taupin song rocket man , until woman listening song in passat realizes correct words.
a series of advertisements maxell audio cassette tapes, produced howell henry chaldecott lury, shown in 1989 , 1990, featured misheard versions of israelites (e.g., me ears alight ) desmond dekker , valley skids heard users of other brands of tape.
a 1987 series of advertisements kellogg s nut n honey crunch featured joke in 1 person asks s breakfast? , told nut n honey, misheard nothing, honey.

other examples

the traditional game chinese whispers ( telephone in united states) involves mishearing whispered sentence produce mondegreen.

among schoolchildren in u.s., daily rote recitation of pledge of allegiance has long provided opportunities genesis of mondegreens.

russian author fyodor dostoyevsky, in 1875, cited line fyodor glinka s song troika (1825) колокольчик, дар Валдая ( bell, gift of valday ) claiming understood колокольчик, дарвалдая ( bell darvaldaying — supposedly onomatopoeia of ringing).

in turkey, political democratic party changed logo in 2007 white horse in front of red background because many voters mispronounced turkish name demokrat, instead saying demir kırat ( iron white-horse ).

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