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21 Jun 01 - 05:09 AM (#488579) Subject: Hybrid Lyrics From: Dunc My friend sings a song with the following lyric... "Everyone's SEARCHING for some kind of love" I sing the same song but with one word changed... I sing "Everyone's LOOKING for some kind of love" When we sing it together we get a hybrid lyric with a slightly different meaning. Together it comes out as, "Everyone's SOOKING for some kind of love" Any other examples of hybrid lyrics? |
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21 Jun 01 - 06:28 AM (#488619) Subject: RE: Hybrid Lyrics From: Les from Hull Why not lurching? At least its a word! |
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21 Jun 01 - 03:53 PM (#489114) Subject: RE: Hybrid Lyrics From: Mrrzy At the DC Chantey sing earlier this week, there was a chorus of Poor Old Horse, which I had learned as Poor Old Man, so when I sang along and tried to switch to the consensus chorus midstream, it kind of came out Poor Old Morse... |
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21 Jun 01 - 05:15 PM (#489163) Subject: RE: Hybrid Lyrics From: Chicken Charlie Those compounds are referred to as "portmanteau" words--"suitcase words" to carry mutiple references. Webster gives the classic example smoke + fog = smog. I believe it was "Lewis Carroll" who coined the term. CC |
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21 Jun 01 - 05:32 PM (#489177) Subject: RE: Hybrid Lyrics From: Clinton Hammond *Singing* "Wookin' pa nub in naall de looong places" LOL!!!! |
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22 Jun 01 - 11:25 AM (#489735) Subject: RE: Hybrid Lyrics From: Joe_F The possibility that superposed words might yield something extra to the listener was frequently exploited in bawdy rounds in the 18th century. For example: He who would an alehouse keep Must have three things in store: A chamber with a featherbed A chimney and a hey-nonny-nonny... |