Sinister: mishearings and other ear rings

[azriel]

At 14:18 -0400 10/15/98, mark del lima wrote:
[It's called a mondegreen (though I'm not sure of the spelling). One of
[the most famous examples being the Creedence Clearwater Revival line
["There's a bathroom on the right"
[
[
[

sorry to add to the mass of non b&s posting, but here's another one.
instead of "the answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind," there's a
pretty famous mishearing that goes something like "the ants are my friends,
they're blowing in the wind."

i'll shut up now
-kerry

"so is this what it's come to? am i cold or just a little bit warm? give me
an easy life and a peaceful death."
	-the sundays


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