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in spite of the stupid title.


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
 
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Agreed. Not too bad and a stupid title.


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
 
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Isn't rebracketing also considered to be a mondegreen?
 
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My favourite is "tawdry" from "St Audrey's lace"
 
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Very interesting - and I certainly have my mispronunciations (just ask my daughter).

Related to the affrication process, whenever we go to a G&S production, they pronounce duke like dyuke Is that an English way of pronouncing it?
 
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Is that an English way of pronouncing it?

Yes.


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