ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MONDEGREEN
From the Scottish ballad `The Bonny Earl of Murray', in which the line laid him on the green can be misheard as Lady Mondegreen.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MONDEGREEN»
Discover the use of
mondegreen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
mondegreen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mondegreen:
Mondegreen, Homophone, Soramimi, Ambiguity, A ...
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Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
In the morning Lord Mondegreen weighed and sent his boat to sound, Which,
coming near the pirate, unfortunately ran aground; But Mondegreen lightened his
vessel of the ballast and water, Whilst from the pirates' ship small shot loudly did
...
Richard James Bentley, 2013
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The Rough Guide to Cult Pop
'Mondegreen' is the word for such events, coined in 1954 by writer Sylvia Wright
who, for years, believed a line in the Scottish traditional ballad The Bonnie Earl
Of Moray was "They had slain the Earl of Moray/And Lady Mondegreen".
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Homer's Winged Words: The Evolution of Early Greek Epic ...
at the side of her lover, that she memorialized her with the neologism '
mondegreen.' She then began to collect similar mishearings of song lyrics,
poems, patriotic utterances, and the like, and published them in an article titled “
The Death of ...
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Articles on Error, Including: False Friend,
Mondegreen, ...
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“Maybe the reason I like Hotel California,” said Parker, “is that it's one of those
mondegreen songs.” Amanda frowned at Parker. “One of those what songs?” “
Mondegreen.” “Excuse me,” said Liz. “Mondegreen?” “Mondegreen.” The two
girls ...
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Articles on Humor, Including: Joke, Knock-Knock Joke, ...
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Funny Words in Plautine Comedy
Plautus may, for instance, have intended for us to understand a mondegreen in
the puzzling response that the parasite Peniculus makes to Menaechmus'
question at Men. 141: men. vin tu facinus luculentum inspicere? pen. quis id coxit
...
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Common Phrases: And the Amazing Stories Behind Them
Mondegreen. Lyrics havebeen misheardas long as there have been songs. ... for
years she had felt sorry for the bonny Earl of Moray's wife, whenever she heard
thesong that told how: They hae slain the Early of Moray, and Lady Mondegreen.
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Source Book for Linguistics: Third revised edition
English: mondegreens A mondegreen is a word or phrase that is misunderstood
at a later date and reananlysed into something different by the speakers. The
name comes from a line in a old Scottish ballad that goes “they killed the Earl of ...
William Cowan, Jaromira Raku_an, 1999
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MONDEGREEN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
mondegreen is used in the context of the following news items.
I Don't Have An Opinion, Let's Be Friends: Reviews Of Recent …
On their side of the tape, my favorites were the ultra-low stomp of "Lady Mondegreen," the very catchy "Victim Of Romance," and one with ... «Lakewood Observer, Jul 15»
We swear those 'Minions' aren't swearing — McDonald's
“I can't believe it's coming out of a toy”. But you can probably chalk it up to a case of Mondegreen, a psychological occurrence in which people ... «Sentinel Republic, Jul 15»
WTF is this Minions toy from McDonald's saying?
This could just be what's called a “mondegreen”—a mishearing of a similar-sounding phrase. But perhaps it will become the next divisive ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
What do you do with a cannon that fires dead birds?
... time someone says it aloud — I cannot help but hear the mondegreen "smegma"). Jewell arrives with De Bruin, and we all pile into a minivan. «The Verge, Jul 15»
A World Of Mondegreens: 10 Misheard Lyrics You've Been Singing …
Taylor Swift herself acknowledged the mondegreen people were hearing in her mega-hit Blank Space, but personally I heard something ... «theMusic, Jun 15»
Quiz: Are You Hearing the Right Lyrics to 'Brown Sugar'?
Taylor Swift's “lonely Starbucks lovers” is this year's shade of mondegreen. The new Super Deluxe edition of Sticky Fingers (download or CD ... «Newsweek, Jun 15»
In Black & White: It's time to ramp up the lights
... in 1954 and was inspired by a line from a ballad that said: “And laid him on the green”, famously misinterpreted as “Lady Mondegreen”. «Herald Sun, Jun 15»
Sideswipe: Urgent numbers
Mishearing song lyrics - now called "eggcorn" - is also known as mondegreen. according to Max Cryer's book, Who Said That First: "Until 1954 ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»
This Is What 'Eggcorns' Are (and Why They're Jar-Droppingly Good)
Their editors described it in a note as a cousin of the mondegreen, a misheard lyric like “All the lonely Starbucks lovers”—which Taylor Swift ... «TIME, May 15»
Even Taylor Swift's Mom Got That 'Blank Space' Lyric Wrong …
There's actually a science behind all your mis-perceived song lyrics — it's a phenomenon called mondegreens and it happens all the time. «Yahoo Health, May 15»
