Author Topic: Malapropisms, mondegreens, eggcorns, spoonerisms and others!  (Read 1829 times)

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Re: Malapropisms, mondegreens, eggcorns, spoonerisms and others!
« Reply #20 on: November 16, 2022, 12:50:24 pm »
(When was the last time you saw wont used in a sentence?  ;D )[/font][/size]

I don't think I've EVER seen it in a sentence!

Here's a nice malaprop:
"Smith recalled that Joplin started reciting, ?Oh, Lord won?t you buy me a Mercedes Benz? ? the first line of McClure?s song. The four others then started banging beer mugs on the table to form a rhythm, and Neuwirth wrote down lyrics he and Joplin came up with on a napkin. Janis later introduced the song at her show that evening by saying, ?I just wrote this at the bar on the corner. I?m going to do it Acapulco.?--Joe Taysom Far Out Magazine"
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Re: Malapropisms, mondegreens, eggcorns, spoonerisms and others!
« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2022, 01:39:42 pm »
Nice one!

Düva pööp is a förce of natüre

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Re: Malapropisms, mondegreens, eggcorns, spoonerisms and others!
« Reply #22 on: March 10, 2023, 10:26:12 am »
I guess I just encountered a mondegreen of my own.

This morning my favorite radio station played "Heaven is a Place on Earth," sung by Belinda Carlisle.

This morning I looked up the lyrics. One line is "Ooh, Heaven is a place on earth."

I always heard it as "Blue Heaven is a place on earth."

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