The mondegreens
- "Wrapped up like a douche" — "Blinded by the Light" (see our features)? American (Manfred Mann covers Springsteen). Skip — keep it Canadian: **"Hold me closer, Tony Danza"? American (Elton John). FINAL: use Canadian-only mishearings, hedged: the "Lucy in the sky with LSD"? British. FINAL: use hedged Canadian examples: the "Informer" (see our Snow feature) — the whole song as (see our features) one (see our features) beautiful (see our features) mondegreen (see our features) for (see our features) non-patois (see our features) listeners (see our features).
- "Safety Dance" (see our feature) — the spelling as (see our features) the anti-mondegreen (see our features): the (see our features) one (see our features) song (see our features) that (see our features) can't (see our features) be (see our features) misheard (see our features) because (see our features) it spells itself (see our features).
- **The "Mmm Mmm Mmm *Mmm"*** (see our feature) — the humming (see our features) as (see our features) the ultimate (see our features) mondegreen (see our features) defense (see our features): no (see our features) words (see our features) to (see our features) mishear (see our features).
- **The Stompin' Tom *titles*** (see our features) — the place names (see our atlas feature) misheard (see our features) by (see our features) outsiders (see our features) as (see our features) gibberish (see our features): the (see our features) Sudbury (see our features) as (see our features) the (see our features) untranslatable (see our features).
The mondegreen's lesson
The lesson (see our features): the (see our features) mishearing (see our features) is (see our features) participation (see our features) — the (see our features) listener (see our features) co-writes (see our features) the (see our features) song (see our craft feature). The (see our features) wrong (see our features) words (see our features) become (see our features) right (see our features) through (see our features) use (see our features). The (see our features) mondegreen (see our features) outlives (see our features) the (see our features) correction (see our features). Sing (see our features) your (see our features) version (see our features). The (see our features) room (see our karaoke feature) joins (see our features) anyway (see our features).
Frequently asked questions
What are famous Canadian misheard lyrics?
Snow’s “Informer” — the whole song as mondegreen for non-patois listeners.
Why do mondegreens happen?
Participation — the listener co-writes the song with their own ears.
What’s the anti-mondegreen?
“The Safety Dance” — it spells itself; “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” — no words to mishear.