I woke up with Kevin Welch singing
... too old to die young ... in my head. It's a cold, grey day, rain falling (a good thing), but I'm already pondering how I might stretch the food in the meagerly-stocked fridge until tomorrow. I'd rather stitch than drive ...
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| So this old world must still be spinning 'round ... |
But what I really want to say is I'm still on a thought-train about hearing (see yesterday's post on
My own personal soundtrack, which links to the previous day's post about
peace-full music). Because even though I usually have the musical part of my personal soundtrack down pretty well, I'm pretty shaky when it comes to the lyrics. Which leads me to
mondegreens ... the auditory equivalent of
DYAC (which I like, strangely enough ... because I'm usually not big on four-letter words, but somehow find their unintentional use hilarious ... I'm sure therapy is in order here).
Side note: I have been asked repeatedly not to read
Damn You Auto Correct in Don's presence since he finds my spontaneous bursts of laughter a tad bit disconcerting ... so of course, now I'm reading the DYAC link and Don is saying, "What are you reading?" to which I reply, tears in my eyes, "Damn You Auto Cucumber."
Ah well, you had to be there ...
Anyway, back to mondegreens, which are misheard or misinterpreted words and phrases ... that is to say, a large part of my life. The classic example (in addition to the many good ones in the Wikipedia article link above) is my memory of saying the Lord's Prayer in Sunday School at St. Andrew's in Williston Park, earnestly praying to "deliver us from eagles." The more mundane examples pertain to my misunderstanding normal everyday speech, substituting what I expect to hear for the speaker's intention ... which can make for some very puzzled looks. Add to that my all-too-frequent question to Don, "What did you say?" to which he usually responds, "I was singing."
Yes, well ... as I said, that's my life.
Are you smiling to yourself? Do you have one better? Please comment and share your favorite mondegreen(s) below, because I love to laugh.
... da da da dum ... da da da dum ... the opening bar of Beethoven's Fifth ... time to change my hearing aid batteries.
