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What Would Dad Say Hope Springs a Kernel | Shed Kits — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:53:52 +0000

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By: Connie

Connie — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:38:38 +0000

later on we’ll perspire as we sit by the fire (from Walking in a Winter Wonderland)

By: wwds

wwds — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:32:34 +0000

Conrad,….the m-o-n-d-g-r-e-e-n. Wowser.

Seriously, great crossword puzzle word you used there. My favorite mondgreen, (I am trying to use it in a sentence here), was from the Beatles and the phrase “Paperback Writer” from the song of the same name—-mis-heard as”take the back right turn.”

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:17:05 +0000

Here are a couple of favorites from friends:

Nip it in the butt (that’s gotta hurt)

mea gulpa (Roman version of 7Eleven drink?)

By: Conrad

Conrad — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:50:04 +0000

The list I sent you is really a close cousin of the malaprop, the mondegreen. The term mondegreen – meaning misheard lyric – comes from Sylvia Wright’s mishearing of the “Oh, they have slain the Earl of Moray and laid him on the green” as “Oh, they have slain the Earl of Moray and Lady Mondegreen”. Here are a few examples:

‘Scuse me while I kiss this guy
Beelzebub has a devil for a sideboard
Killed in a bar when he was only three
Olive the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names
The ants are my friends, they’re blowing in the wind
The girl with colitis goes by
There’s a bathroom on the right
Round John Virgin, Mother and Child

By: Conrad

Conrad — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:35:39 +0000

A certain WWII veteran who will remain unnamed listened to a song with the line, “I’m writing this letter from a trench, Mom!” He always wondered what a “trenchmom” was. He also listened as a kid to (on the radio) the opening line “The first nighters are all in their seats!” He aspired to being a “First Snyder” when he grew up.

Another friend thought that “Up and at ‘em!” was “Up and atom!” and couldn’t see the relevance. He also thought the phrase was “Let the meat cake” rather than “Let them eat cake.”

A famous one is Jimmy Hendrix line “Excuse me while I kiss the sky” being interpreted as “Excuse me while I kiss this guy” which can give rise to all kinds of rumors. By the way, that line was inspired by Jimmy sitting in an open-roof outhouse in Elk Grove, Kansas! I just read it last week. Now, from our Manchester days, we are both thinking “why an open-roof outhouse in Kansas? You could get hurt in that weather!”

By: SeHoon Ji

SeHoon Ji — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:05:57 +0000

thaks for explanation about ‘hope..’ dialogue. as i’m not a native speaker, i couldn’t understand the meaning. now i can understand. now i’m laughing.:)