Archive for Mondegreens/Mishearings
A novel way to navigate a phone tree
Tisiphe?
Cabbage wheels
I thought I just heard Maddy Pryor sing “I will bring you a cabbage with wheels of wind.” Turns out it was really a carriage.
Take their tails
lost on a tightrope
In Taylor Swift's song “Innocent,” I heard a line as “Lost your parents on a tightrope,” and I thought, Huh, I guess this is sort of a Robin trope, orphaned...
Happy Days
For my entire life, I've been hearing the Happy Days theme song and wondering why it contains the weird line “These days are all / Filled in with glee.” Though...
iMate
Was listening to NPR this evening on my way home from work, and I could have sworn the announcer said that the program was sponsored by iMate: giving you your...
4G phones
I heard a TV commercial the other day that I thought referred to “the first orgy phone.” Turns out I misheard; it was really a 4G phone. Oh, well....
Strummin’
Last November, I heard the song “Margaritaville” on the radio. I was amused at the line “strummin' my sex train,” until I discovered it was actually “strummin' my six-string.”...