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Punishment by mondegreens: misheard lyrics
1. Punishment by mondegreens: misheard lyrics
A
mondegreen is pun consisting of a misheard lyric or verse that sounds like something other than what was written.
The term "
mondegreen" was coined by
Sylvia Wright in 1954 who as a child had heard the poem line "
laid him on the green" as "
Lady Mondegreen".
Here are some hymn titles or lines that are mondegreens.
Gladly, the cross-eye bear
Come on oh kinky turtle
Andy walks with me
Bringing in the sheets
A maze of grapes, how sweet and round
How late though art (for the Spring time change)
While shepherds washed their socks by night
2. Confirmation bias
The misheard lyric, or mondegreen, is a form of confirmation bias in that people tend to hear things they have heard before.
3. Confirmation bias
A confirmation bias is a bias of accepting only facts that agree with what you have already decided is true and ignoring other facts.
That is, one accepts only new information that confirms what one already believes or has heard, etc. You can ignore facts that you do not know about (ignorance of the law) or ignore things in order to deceive others (and yourself).
In a constraint logic programming system such as Prolog, one can stop at the first solution found or continue to look for additional solutions.
Where does one usually find lost things?
One finds them in the last place one looks. Why keep looking? In confirmation bias, one stops looking when one finds what one has decided is to be found.
4. Whisper chain
A misheard lyric is similar to a "whisper chain" as part of a "whisper game" as a sequence of misheard whispers which can be quite amusing.
5. Whisper game
The "
whisper game" is a way whereby a message is passed from person to person and tends to change with each retelling - especially when whispering where one cannot clearly hear what is being said.
Most cultures have some name for this type of game which is often popular with children - of all ages.
The "
whisper game" is sometimes called the "
telephone game". Each culture appears to have their own name for this game.
Some
translation issues arise due to the "
whisper game".
6. Andy walks with me
The refrain of the song "
I come to the garden alone" is the source of a "
mondegreen" which is a misheard lyric.
The joke is that Andy is another name for Jesus.
Andy walks with me and He talks with me,
Andy tells me I am His own.
7. Four calling birds
The original "Twelve days of Christmas" had "four colly birds" where "colly" meant "black". That is "four black birds" where "colly" meant "coal".
In "A midsummer night's dream", Shakespeare uses the phrase "brief as the lightning in the collied night".
The phrase "four colly birds" had become "four calling birds" in the 1909 Frederic Austin version.
8. A monk swimming
The angel is speaking to Mary in what would become known as a "
Hail Mary".
Luke 1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. [kjv]
και εισελθων προς αυτην ειπεν χαιρε κεχαριτωμενη ο κυριος μετα σου [gnt]
The title of the book "
A monk swimming" by Maclachy McCourty comes from mishearing, as a child, a Catholic
rosary prayer. Instead of "
amongst women" he heard "
a monk swimmin'".
Book:
A monk swimming, Maclachy McCourty, 1999, Hyperion, 978-0786884148.
9. Luke 1:28
KJV: And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
Greek: και εισελθων ο αγγελος προς αυτην ειπεν χαιρε κεχαριτωμενη ο κυριος μετα σου ευλογημενη συ εν γυναιξιν
10. Lonesome sea
The written work "
The golden vanity" has the following line.
As she sailed upon the lowland sea.
Since the phrase "
lowland sea" is not familiar to many people, this is often misheard as the following.
As she sailed upon the lonesome sea.
11. Mondegreen
A
mondegreen for "
Amazing grace" is "
A maze of grapes, how sweet and round".
The book
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is from 1939 and is set in the Dust Bowl of the 1930's.
What happens if grape vines get too much sun and not enough water?
It will be hard raising/raisin grapes. I heard it through the grapevine. Juicy it was a great wine.
Why was the farmer upset with his grapes?
Thy were being un-raisin-able!
12. Keep thou my way
To "
bear the cross" of Jesus brings to mind the song "
Keep thou my way" by
Fanny Crosby and the cross-eyed bear called "
Gladly" (verse 3).
Keep Thou my all, O Lord, Hide my life in Thine;
O let Thy sacred light O'er my pathway shine;
Kept by Thy tender care, Gladly the cross I'll bear
Hear Thou and grant my pray'r, Hide my life in Thine.
13. Can't unsee it
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lol : LOL
laughing out loud
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The idea that once someone sees something, they "
can't unsee it" is part of what known as the "
frequency illusion" or "
Baader-Meinhof phenomenon".
What fast food does Jesus give to you?
1. The bread of life. 2. Sweat peas.
14. Time change hymn: How late thou art
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A good hymn for the Spring Sunday early church service, on the day time springs forward, is "How Great Thou Art" sang as "How Late Thou Art".
O Lord my God, When I, in awesome wonder,
Consider all the clocks with hands turning round;
I see the dreams, I hear the snoring thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.
(I modified the lyrics for the late occasion)
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It appears that someone used
AI (Artificial Intelligence) (as opposed to
Natural Stupidity) to modify a common depiction of Martin Luther.
15. Can't unhear it: mondegreens
Mondegreens are misheard song lyrics that, once heard, are not easily forgotten.
Gladly, the cross-eye bear
Lead on oh kinky turtle
A maze of grapes, how sweet and round
Bringing in the sheets (or cheese)
Andy walks with me, Andy talks with me
He leadeth me beside distilled waters
While shepherds washed their socks by night
Jesus gives me sweet peas
Blessed art thou, a monk swimmin'
Lead us not into Penn Station
There is a bomb in Gilead
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