Have Mondegreens already been discussed, explored, and shared in this community?

Should we have a Mondegreen Department?

If so, .... Back in the mid sixties, when I was a salesman, I was working in Boulder, Colorado, where my sister Betsy lived. Late one afternoon I telephoned my Answering Service to check for messages. "Yes, said the operator, "Mrs. Quest called and said you're expected for dinner."

"Who?"

"Your sister, Audry."

"OK. Thanks."

I arrived at Betsy's house just in time for dinner. I asked her if she had called the Answering Service, and if so, what exactly had she said.

Betsy thought for a minute, then repeated, "This is an odd request, but I want you to tell my brother he's expected here for dinner."

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A little boy closely examined a Parker House roll at the dinner table, then asked his mother, "Why would they call this a biunder?"

He had heard someone on the radio singing, "When the roll is called a biunder, I'll be there."

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Are there Mondegreens in your experience??

~~~ jerry

We've discussed mondegreens a few times. Here are links to a couple of the threads:
https://wordcraft.infopop.cc/eve/forums?a=tpc&s=441607094&f=756604565&m=991600879&r=1596065301#1596065301
https://wordcraft.infopop.cc/eve/forums?a=tpc&s=441607094&f=410600694&m=9956025501

But, that's ok, we often repeat ourselves here!

But, that's ok, we often repeat ourselves here!

Last week my class was doing the listening section of the NOCN tests that are forming the basis for the college assessments this year.

One extract had quite a lot of unfamiliar vocabulary but after playing it several times most people wrote down their answers. When the class was over I sat down to mark them and on the very first paper was baffled by one of the answers. I played the tape again to check what it should be.

The correct answer to the question was "low income groups". One of my students who had clearly listened very carefully but to no avail had nevertheless made what I thought was a very good phonetic stab at it and written

"low in kangaroos".

Shame I couldn't give him the mark.

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Funny, Bob!

I think, in "CJ style", you should have at least given a half a point!

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