- A
mondegreen (/ˈmɒndɪˌɡriːn/ ) is a
mishearing or
misinterpretation of a
phrase in a way that
gives it a new meaning.
Mondegreens are most
often created...
- of the tongue, but
psychoanalytic theory also
embraces misreadings,
mishearings, mistypings,
temporary forgettings, and the
mislaying and
losing of objects...
-
millions of
users and
inspired the
creation of the meme "Bing Chilling", a
mishearing of bīngqílín (冰淇淋),
which means ice
cream and is said
repeatedly in the...
- the BBC
transcribed Bush's
greeting as "Yo, Blair", but this is a
clear mishearing: see
Great Political Myths Archived 25
February 2024 at the
Wayback Machine...
-
Operation Pike
Western betrayal Why Die for Danzig?
Perhaps because of
mishearing or a mistranslation,
French journalist Roland Dorgelès or
other French...
- tree" or "June
apple tree"
rather than "pear tree",
which is
likely a
mishearing of "partridge in a pear tree". The 1780
version has "four
colly birds"—colly...
- goes
around carrying a
message that p****es
around to each
sibling who
mishear it
because of them
being distracted and it
coming out in
different orders...
- An
eggcorn is the
alteration of a word or
phrase through the
mishearing or
reinterpretation of one or more of its elements,
creating a new
phrase which...
- but they have
similar meanings and pronunciations,
therefore liable to
mishearing and misunderstanding.
Several famous place names,
including those of ****an...
- an
incorrect word in
place of a word that
sounds similar Mondegreen –
mishearing or
misinterpretation of a
phrase as a
result of near-homophony Nonsense...
