The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #116859   Message #2513716
Posted By: bubblyrat
12-Dec-08 - 03:13 PM
Thread Name: Mondegreens' cousins: Soramimis
Subject: RE: Mondegreens' cousins: Soramimis
I remember that Cliff Richard had a hit with "Travelling Light".....when it went on sale in Spain,they took it literally and renamed it "The Light That Travels "...really !
A French friend of mine assures me that "Zizzi", as in the pizza restaurant chain, means,when spoken anyway, "pussy " ( as in pussy),and I remember her children always having fits of laughter when seeing the English motorway sign "Soft Verges",as Verges would be an Old French word meaning "Cock" (as in dick).My local pub in Bournemouth had a wine bottle displayed behind the bar,proudly sporting the label "Quita Penas".....
"You can" in Dutch is " U Kunt"....although the word itself is "Kont ".....maybe I'll just stop now...