Mondegreens & Soramimis

SPPA 325/525
Spring 2014
Slips of the ear
Mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase,
giing it ne! meaning
Mondegreens are most often "reated #$ a
person listening to a poem or a song% the
listener, #eing &na#le to "learl$ hear a l$ri",
s&#stit&tes !ords that so&nd similar, and
ma'e some 'ind of sense ()i'ipedia*
+rigin of Mondegreen, S$lia
)right
-e .ighlands and $e
/o!lands,
+h, !here hae $e
#een0
1he$ hae slain the 2arl
o3 Mora$,
And /ad$ Mondegreen
-e .ighlands and $e
/o!lands,
+h, !here hae $e
#een0
1he$ hae slain the 2arl
o3 Mora$,
And laid him on the
green
Some famo&s mondegreens
)h$ might mondegreens o""&r0
Soramimis
"losel$ related "ategor$4songs that
prod&"e &nintended meanings !hen
homophoni"all$ translated to another
lang&age ()i'ipedia*
25amples of soramimis
6oreign lang&age, &n7translated
6oreign lang&age, translated in 2nglish
2nglish, translated to foreign lang&age