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Thread #6894 Message #40843
Posted By: BSeed
08-Oct-98 - 03:44 AM
Thread Name: Spoonerisms in songs- Examples
Subject: RE: Spoonerism's in songs- Examples
Barry, the word is Mondegreens--Jon Carroll, an SF Chronicle columnist, coined the term--based on someone's mis-hearing of a line from "Lord Randall": "laid him on the green" as "Lady Mondegreen." --seed