So what’s your favorite mondegreen? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary it is
“a word or phrase that results from a mishearing of something said or sung”
Do you have a friend who never quite gets the song lyrics right?
A few more examples:
The ants are my friends = the answer my friend/is blowin’ in the wind
Bob Dylan, “Blowin’ in the Wind”There’s a bathroom on the right = there’s a bad moon on the rise
Credence Clearwater Revival, “Bad Moon Rising”
The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary folk are collecting mondegreens. You can submit them through July 25 and they will share the best of them beginning on July 28.
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- Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
