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Please stick to the reef or Andy Lakes that you used too
There’s a word for this: mondegreen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen
In Dutch we say mamma appelsap. ‘mamma applejuice’. Based on Michael Jackson’s wanna be starting something. It says for us: Mama say mama sa mam(a)appelsap
The title of this post is ironic on its own.
I gotta speak up in her defense. It’s kind of easy to mishear lyrics. Just like in my favorite Pearl Jam song “I love Amstel Lite”
That, and the smash hit ‘Eventhough’
I thought it was “go, go, Jason Waterfalls” as a kid
Jasin Waterfalls… the error is small :)
I thought I was the only one…
To be fair, phonemes shift over time.
Then there’s the Ken Lee song…
Pregorante!
