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Re: Real Chinese Whispers
Posted By: koalamom, on host 4.33.110.196
Date: Monday, October 9, 2000, at 18:25:57
In Reply To: Re: Real Chinese Whispers posted by Liface on Monday, October 9, 2000, at 16:49:35:

> Yeah. Songs like that are called mondegreens, at least by my local newspaper.
>
> In one song people thought they said "And they took the Duke of Something and laid him on the green"
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> But The real words were "And they took the Duke of Something and Lady Mondigreen.


...or vice versa according to this site:

koala"see link"mom

PS for some reason copying the "new and improved" URL for this site brings you back to..the old site but never mind, you will still get there.


Link: What is a Mondegreen?

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