X: "......so then, I won't be loosing her?"
Me: Oh, come on..U arn't such a loser!
X( :O ) : I said, "then i wont be LOOSING HER"!
oops! reminded me of my aural dyslexia again! Throughout my KG nd high school, I mis-interpreted wateva i heard nd formed my own phrases. One classic example( a nursery rhyme):
Old king coal was a greedy cold sole
and a greedy cold sole was he
he called for his pipe, and called it scowl
and, he slept on his pillows three.
and a greedy cold sole was he
he called for his pipe, and called it scowl
and, he slept on his pillows three.
While actually, it was:
- Old King Cole was a merry old soul
And a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl
And he called for his fiddlers three. - Well, i figured out I wasn't the only one with this fault and began calling it "Freudian slip" later in high-school. Well, that was until I knew there happens to be word describing it : "Mondegreen". Digging deeper into the recesses of my mind I figured out some more of my very own(quite recent) mondegreens' ( Ginny-isms, shud i say? :P ).
- 1. "Watermelon this!"
- {"What the hell is this? "}
- 2. "Come looks like its a thing gonna bake"
- { " Coz love is something u can't shake" ; from enrique's song "escape" (all apologies :P }
- 3. "one plus one make stew."
- { "one plus one makes two"}
- This one gets interesting....there was no one at home nd me nd sis started cooking....so, my sis said "so, one plus one makes two, eh? Two's a crowd!" And I heard her as "one plus one makes stew"...haha..but it makes perfect sense rite?!?
- 4. " As it is."
- { " stand at ease"}...haha...durin those assembly sessions nd games periods :P :D
- 5. " Should we all die young?"
- {" shook me all night."}...frm AC/DC's song.
- 6. "oooooooh harry potter!"
- {"....asked the reporter."}
- 7."I'am your ire."
- {"Iam your eyes."}..metallica's song "sad but true".
- 8." Is he dung?"
- {" Is he drunk?"}...haha..apparently someone spoke rubbish...nd my frnd asked me "is he drunk?" nd i misconstrued it.
- 9."The world is so unfair."
- {"The world out there."}
- 10."No other mother attracts me so much."
- {"No other lover attracts me so much."}...gosh!
- Hmmm...dats all i can remember...most of my mondegreen's were until 5th class...wen i couldn't even understand what they meant by day scholars(i came to know the spelling in 4/5th class)..nd always misheard most of the carols sung every sunday(it was a christian school nd wen i was in hostel, used to sing 'em!)...nd most of my nursery rhymes!Of course, misunderstood words/songs in telugu nd hindi too...but i can't remember them....do temme about ur mondegreens' as well!
3 comments:
"No other mother attracts me so much."
lolz... that was the best one!!
i cant recollect any right now... but will definitely tell ya when i remember one... :)
nice :)
some of my mondegreens -
Miss Bench man - Miss Benjamin
gold spot gold spot - belfast belfast (Boney M) :D
adugkkovastha - adigi kanukoni vastha.
many more, just not able to recollect...along with aural dyslexia, god has also blessed me with amnesia :P
Mondegreens !! Thanks for the word now I got something to name my problem :P
You actually remembered so many of them !!! Nice memory ;) and as the above can't recollect :)
From now on will make a list and eventually post it here :D
and why gobbledegook ??
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