Misunderstandings & Mondegreens
What you thought you heard vs what was said21 total reviews
Comment from Rachelle Allen
Hahahaha. This is hilarious. It's not QUITE as funny now as it was when my husband's and my hearing was intact, of corse, but I did still laugh heartily. (I said HEARTILY, not HARDLY.) Xoxoxo
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
  |
Hahahaha. This is hilarious. It's not QUITE as funny now as it was when my husband's and my hearing was intact, of corse, but I did still laugh heartily. (I said HEARTILY, not HARDLY.) Xoxoxo
Comment Written 04-Sep-2024
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
-
Yes, I fully understand as my wife and I are getting up in years too and down in hearing. She has more of a problem than me, although she still accuses me of selective hearing. But I think that's a problem of most husbands when their wives talk to them. :-)
-
Ohhhhh yeah! Mr Allen has his PhD in that!!!! (That's why G-d made him so handsome...well, okay, and me so shallow...)
Comment from Cindy Decker 3
Jim,
This is a great post. I have never heard of mondegreen before. I've been privy to it though; my father was hard of hearing, so sometimes he hit a few mondegreens. My father died at 95; he took up golfing in his 60's. He stopped going golfing at age 92. He really loved the links.
Rose Suchak Ladder. What was the poem? Your poem is exceptional nonetheless. (I might be the only one who didn't get this)
Best wishes. Jim,
Cindy
I loved the violin music.
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
 |
Jim,
This is a great post. I have never heard of mondegreen before. I've been privy to it though; my father was hard of hearing, so sometimes he hit a few mondegreens. My father died at 95; he took up golfing in his 60's. He stopped going golfing at age 92. He really loved the links.
Rose Suchak Ladder. What was the poem? Your poem is exceptional nonetheless. (I might be the only one who didn't get this)
Best wishes. Jim,
Cindy
I loved the violin music.
Comment Written 04-Sep-2024
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
-
Thanks so much, Cindy. I just learned the term myself a couple of weeks ago, although I've always loved them. The poem was "The Night Before Christmas":
When out on the roof there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Glad your dad could golf into his 90s. I had to give it up last year at age 72, and I really miss it.
Thanks very much for the 6 stars too.
Comment from Debbie D'Arcy
Edward Lear would be proud of you, Jim! What a wonderful, tongue-twisting, nonsense story. I must admit, I've never heard of the mondegreen but certainly won't forget it now! A great opportunity to get your favourite sport in here too. Tee for tremendous! Debbie
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
|
Edward Lear would be proud of you, Jim! What a wonderful, tongue-twisting, nonsense story. I must admit, I've never heard of the mondegreen but certainly won't forget it now! A great opportunity to get your favourite sport in here too. Tee for tremendous! Debbie
Comment Written 04-Sep-2024
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
-
I think it must have been your poem about him that inspired me to write this, Debbie!
I hadn't heard the term mondegreen either until about two weeks ago when I uttered one and my wife told me it was a mondegreen. I had to look it up to find out what she was talking about. Then I thought about the Rose Suchak Ladder one, and then it was off to the races.
Comment from Tom Horonzy
Me, too - as to mondegreen but five a round is about par for me except on par fives where six is in control. You had me use Roget's this morning with Entendres and Mondegreens. Once upon a time I was a very good malaprop.
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
|
Me, too - as to mondegreen but five a round is about par for me except on par fives where six is in control. You had me use Roget's this morning with Entendres and Mondegreens. Once upon a time I was a very good malaprop.
Comment Written 04-Sep-2024
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
-
Hey, don't sell yourself short. I think you're still an excellent malaprop!
Comment from T B Botts
Hello Jim,
As always, I've learned something new on this site. My kids still tease my oldest daughter Jennifer. She used to work at Payless Drug Store in Juneau. She was in the office when someone called and asked for Jack Mehoff. Jen got on the PA system and announced it several times. When no one came to the office, she told the caller he wasn't in the store, and asked her to page him again... so she did. She's really an incredibly smart woman, but I've never seen anyone so naive. Well done Jim.
Have a blessed evening.
Tom
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
|
Hello Jim,
As always, I've learned something new on this site. My kids still tease my oldest daughter Jennifer. She used to work at Payless Drug Store in Juneau. She was in the office when someone called and asked for Jack Mehoff. Jen got on the PA system and announced it several times. When no one came to the office, she told the caller he wasn't in the store, and asked her to page him again... so she did. She's really an incredibly smart woman, but I've never seen anyone so naive. Well done Jim.
Have a blessed evening.
Tom
Comment Written 04-Sep-2024
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
-
Oh, he got her good with that one! She sounds like my son who is also very smart but very naive. He would have fallen for that too.
Thanks for the 6, good buddy!
Comment from Begin Again
I don't know whether to laugh or cry since some of this is beginning to hit close to home with the ole hearing starting to fade....LOL but laughing is som much more fun! I enjoyed your humor and the story. Thank you for sharing.
Smiles, Carol
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
|
I don't know whether to laugh or cry since some of this is beginning to hit close to home with the ole hearing starting to fade....LOL but laughing is som much more fun! I enjoyed your humor and the story. Thank you for sharing.
Smiles, Carol
Comment Written 04-Sep-2024
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
-
Thanks so much, Carol. Glad you enjoyed it.
Comment from lyenochka
I'm guessing you wrote this entertaining, little story to illustrate the mondegreen. I remember writing about mondegreens and its origins. I think the original mishearing could be called an eggcorn as mondegreens are specifically misheard lyrics or poetry. Enjoyed!
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
|
I'm guessing you wrote this entertaining, little story to illustrate the mondegreen. I remember writing about mondegreens and its origins. I think the original mishearing could be called an eggcorn as mondegreens are specifically misheard lyrics or poetry. Enjoyed!
Comment Written 04-Sep-2024
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
-
Thanks, Helen. I wasn't really sure if these were eggcorns or mondegreens, but I wanted to use that punchline, so I opted for mondegreens for simplicity.
Comment from Carol Hillebrenner
This is really interesting, and I learned something new. I didn't know there was a word for misunderstood words. Your ending was very amusing with you on the green and she was in the water.
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
|
This is really interesting, and I learned something new. I didn't know there was a word for misunderstood words. Your ending was very amusing with you on the green and she was in the water.
Comment Written 04-Sep-2024
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
-
Thanks so much, Carol, and I appreciate those 6 stars. This was fun to write thinking of all the mondegreens I could remember and inventing some new ones.
Comment from jmdg1954
Hmmm, I think "Judy was in disguise" before she was actually "in the skies" with diamonds.
And if you have to pee real bad, you can look for the "bathroom riding", with the light from "bad moon rising".
Cute story, Jim. This would've been a good entry in one of those .'teach me something, contests...
Cheers, my friend.
John
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
|
Hmmm, I think "Judy was in disguise" before she was actually "in the skies" with diamonds.
And if you have to pee real bad, you can look for the "bathroom riding", with the light from "bad moon rising".
Cute story, Jim. This would've been a good entry in one of those .'teach me something, contests...
Cheers, my friend.
John
Comment Written 03-Sep-2024
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
-
Glad you enjoyed it, John. There was a line in the song "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" by England Dan and John Ford Coley that I never heard right. The line was, "I'm not talkin' bout movin' in..." but I always heard it as "I'm not talkin' bout meridian..." which made no sense.
There's an article about it on the internet that said he admits he misspoke the line but the "take" was so good, he didn't want to do it again, so they left it in. Many other people also had trouble with that line.
Comment from Michael Ludwinder
What a charming and humorous story! Having been around someone with hearing issues I sure could relate to this! I especially enjoyed Martha's final comment! For me that ties everything together and is so funny! Thanks for sharing this delightful story.
This rating does not count towards story rating or author rank.
The highest and the lowest rating are not included in calculations.
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
|
What a charming and humorous story! Having been around someone with hearing issues I sure could relate to this! I especially enjoyed Martha's final comment! For me that ties everything together and is so funny! Thanks for sharing this delightful story.
This rating does not count towards story rating or author rank.
The highest and the lowest rating are not included in calculations.
Comment Written 03-Sep-2024
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2024
-
Thanks very much, Michael. Glad you enjoyed it.
