Message Forum: Re: Real Chinese Whispers

Re: Real Chinese Whispers

Posted By: Paul A., on host 130.95.128.51
Date: Tuesday, October 10, 2000, at 05:12:20
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"
>
> But The real words were "And they took the Duke of Something and Lady Mondigreen.

I'm sure somebody's already pointed this out, but in fact it was the other way around: "...and they laid him on the green" is the correct version, and "...and the Lady Mondegreen" is the version someone misheard.

Which makes more sense, really.

Paul

Replies To This Message

Re: Mondegreens - Wolfspirit - Tue, 10/10/2000, 22:08:14
- Re: Mondegreens - Brunnen-G - Wed, 10/11/2000, 03:26:41
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    - Re: Mondegreens / Me Ears Are Alight - codeman38 - Thu, 1/4/2001, 09:27:04
      - Re: Mondegreens / Me Ears Are Alight - Faux Pas - Thu, 1/4/2001, 10:35:03
    - Re: Mondegreens - Speedball - Wed, 10/11/2000, 15:20:11
  - Re: Mondegreens - Beasty - Wed, 10/11/2000, 03:48:51