mondegreens

A mondegreen is the mishearing (usually accidental) of a phrase as a homophone or near-homophone in such a way that it acquires a new meaning. (wikipedia.org) This is a good word for me to add to my vocabulary since I am a notoriously guilty of perpetrating said act. Please comment if you can recall any of my more famous mistakes.

Everyone knows the classic mondegreen, "There's a bathroom on the right", but here are some lesser known examples that I found online (warning: do not read on a full bladder):

Elton John:
Wrong lyric: Hold me closer, Tony Danza
Right lyric: Hold me closer, tiny dancer

The Ramones:
Wrong lyric: I want a piece of bacon
Right lyric: I want to be sedated

Steve Winwood:
Wrong lyric: Bake me a pie of love
Right lyric: Bring me a higher love

Eddie Money:
Wrong lyric: I've got two chickens with parrot eyes
Right lyric: I've got two tickets to paradise

BTO:
Wrong lyric: Makin' carrot biscuits
Right lyric: Takin care of business

The Rolling Stones:
Wrong lyric: I'll never leave your pizza burnin
Right lyric: I'll never be your beast of burden

Four Tops:
Wrong lyric: Sugar fried honey butt
Right lyric: Sugar pie honey bunch

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles:
Wrong lyric: Stick your head in lotion
Right lyric: I second that emotion

becoming jane...

...is deliciously heart-rending. There is a particular ballroom scene which contains a moment so intensely romantic, I could swear my heart was actually stilled (the leads are magnetic).

Do not expect a biography and you shall not be disappointed; 'tis a lovely story loosely based on Austen's novels and life. On the whole, it is not as masterfully built as the recent version of Pride and Prejudice, but I enjoyed it so thoroughly that I debated attending the next showing on the same day. I look forward to the DVD release so that I may watch it again and again and again...