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Mondegreens, Soramimi and Mumpsimus

Meadow337

Former Moderator
A mondegreen is the mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase as a result of near-homophony, in a way that gives it a new meaning.

A comprehensive collection of mondegreens - http://www.kissthisguy.com/

A closely related category is soramimi—songs that produce unintended meanings when homophonically translated to another language.

you can find many on youtube under 'buffalax'. they are often rude but this one is genuinely funny:


When you stubbornly stick to your mispronunciation after being corrected you are being a mumpsimus.
 
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