Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Mondegreen

Aha! Did you read my last post and wonder what the hell a mondegreen is?

A mondegreen is a new word that comes about from the mishearing of syllables of other words.

For example, the word "nickname" came about when people said, "an ekname" - a word for an additional name. Have you ever listened to music and learned that the lyrics are not what you thought they were? Remember the Taylor Swift drama when everyone thought she said "Starbucks lovers?".

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