Misinterpretations, Double Entendres and Misheard Lyrics

[Lord Krunk]

I used the search feature; nothing came up.

You know those moments where you or someone around you says something, and they/you hear it wrong?
How double entendres somehow work their way into totally unrelated conversations?
What about those walk-in-halfway-through-a-sentence moments, which achieve awkward but sometimes hilarious results?
And what about song lyrics that you mishear?

This is a thread where you can post about these moments. But please, don't take it too far. I want to keep my threads civil.

 

[Xhumed]

"This ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arse race.."
I swear that's what he sings. Now I can't hear that song on the radio without laughing.

 

[ellimist337]

Family guy theme- when Stewie says "laugh and cry" it sort of sounds like "effin cry"
Blinded by the Light- "wrapped up like a deuce/douche"

 

[Zer_]

"This ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arse race.."
I swear that's what he sings. Now I can't hear that song on the radio without laughing.

Fallout buy is famous for baaaaad pronunciations.

 

[Lord Krunk]

Blinded by the Light- "wrapped up like a deuce/douche"

That brings up a good point.

What does he say in that song?

 

[Brett Alex]

"This ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arse race.."
I swear that's what he sings. Now I can't hear that song on the radio without laughing.

Fallout buy is famous for baaaaad pronunciations.

I can't stop singing "Thanks for the mammaries, thanks for the mammaries" when I hear that awful Thanks 4 the mmrs(sp?), almost makes it bearable.

Violent Femmes Blister in the Sun has the chorus of "Let me go on, black eyed eyes blister in the sun, let me go on, big hands I know you're the one," which a friend misheard as "Let me go on, Skin cancer I know you're the one,"

But my favourite of all is the well known (in Australia) Cold Chisel chorus "Cheap Wine and a three-day-growth" that I constantly annoy my friends with by singing "Cheap wine and a female goat"

 

[Chekov]

"Steaaaaaaaaaaaaak unnnnnnndieeeeeeeeees" sung by my ex-girlfriend while listening to A-ha's song "Take on me."

 

[ZOMGie]

Mondegreens are not necessarily song lyrics. A mondegreen is simply a misheard phrase, whether it be a lyric or a spoken expression. You cannot, of course, bring them up without mentioning Purple Haze.

 

[Lord Krunk]

Misheard song lyrics are called Mondegreens.

Mondegreens are not necessarily song lyrics. A mondegreen is simply a misheard phrase, whether it be a lyric or a spoken expression. You cannot, of course, bring them up without mentioning Purple Haze.

Well, you learn something new every day.

Anyways, here's an example of a 'Mondegreen':

In the song "Our Lips Are Sealed", the very line in which that is said sounds like "Alex The Seal".

 

[Cid Silverwing]

You will all rofl at this.

When I was like between 4 and 8 years old I played the fuck out of C&C Tiberian Dawn for the PS1, and perpetually misheard EVA's lines because of the degraded audio quality.

 

[Jaythulhu]

A mate of mine is convinced that in Bryan Adams - Summer of '69, he sings "I got my first real sex dream."

 

[stompy]

An occurrence I've heard about in Super Smash Bros Brawl. One of the character's taunt, said before game (I think it was Fox, maybe Captain Falcon), is "Show my your moves!". Another character goes, "OK!". Now, someone, along with their friends, heard the first character go "Show me your boobs!"... and then the other character said "OK!". Damn, I can't believed I missed that.

 

[Ultrajoe]

Some song by some whiny band. I swear he says; "Im going away to be alone, i'm coming back with axes"

On MSN, i have been insulted by a female friend in jest, and have responded '/finger'. After much laughing and ire from her, i corrected it to '/The Bird'.

'Success' sounds dirty to me. I do not know why, it just does. Probably a case of cunning linguistics.

 

[Lord Krunk]

'Success' sounds dirty to me. I do not know why, it just does. Probably a case of cunning linguistics.

Funny, I never thought of it that way. But when I do, I think you're on to something.

 

[Brett Alex]

An occurrence I've heard about in Super Smash Bros Brawl. One of the character's taunt, said before game (I think it was Fox, maybe Captain Falcon), is "Show my your moves!". Another character goes, "OK!". Now, someone, along with their friends, heard the first character go "Show me your boobs!"... and then the other character said "OK!". Damn, I can't believed I missed that.

It something about that game, a friend told me how she was playing with another girl, as Yoshi and just as she was trying to 'swallow' one of the bots, her friend jumped in the way and got turned into an egg, to which she exclaimed "Jenny why'd you go in me? It's not helping!" then lost the match due to laughter.

Probably a case of cunning linguistics.

Now thats just too blatantly obvious.

 

[jim_doki]

Some song by some whiny band. I swear he says; "Im going away to be alone, i'm coming back with axes"

the song is called "This Heart Attack" by Faker, and the line is "I'm going away to be alone, I'm coming back with answers". I always thought he said axes too.

my all time favorite
"Hold Me Close Young Tony Danza"

 

[mintsauce]

Mondegreens are not necessarily song lyrics. A mondegreen is simply a misheard phrase, whether it be a lyric or a spoken expression. You cannot, of course, bring them up without mentioning Purple Haze.

Indeed. 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy.

The other day I walked into a conversation between two co-workers. One said to the other, "oh wow, I love how the cream squirts into my mouth". I was slightly taken aback - it turned out they were just talking about donuts.

 

[MindBullets]

When I finally convinced my little brother to give starcraft a try, he thought the SCVs were saying "Three quarters for dandy" when they said "Reportin' for duty".

I hope "dandy" isn't an actual euphemism for something. That'll make this even more awkward.

 

[poleboy]

When I finally convinced my little brother to give starcraft a try, he thought the SCVs were saying "Three quarters for dandy" when they said "Reportin' for duty".

I hope "dandy" isn't an actual euphemism for something. That'll make this even more awkward.

Dandy is 19th century slang for a strapping young lad, imitating the aristocracy. Did I just make it awkward?