Things you have misheard or misread

[Mad Doug Biker]

There's a song from the '80s' called 'Lovely Day' or similar, where a guy sings the same note for a stupidly long time.

Anyway, as a kid, when the guy was singing that note, I thought the other person/people were singing

'Germany, Germany, Germany, Ger - Man - AY!'

It then changed to

'Dermany, Dermany, Dermany, Der - Man - AY!'

Whatever 'Dermany' meant.

The very fact that I cannot quite remember what the correct lyrics actually were, should tell you that I have never quite 'got past' it ☺️😆

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

It'll always be 'The Germany Song' in my head.

 

[T4tomo]

There's a song from the '80s' called 'Lovely Day' or similar where a guy sings the same note for a stupidly long time.

Anyway, as a kid, when the guy was singing that note, I thought the other person/people were singing

'Germany, Germany, Germany, Ger - Man - AY!'

It then changed to

'Dermany, Dermany, Dermany, Der - Man - AY!'

Whatever 'Dermany' meant.

The very fact that I cannot quite remember what the correct lyrics actually were, should tell you that I have never quite 'got past' it ☺️😆

Strangely enough, and this will shock you, so maybe sit down and make sure you have a neighbour with you or similar....
...they are actually singing "lovely day, lovely day..." hence the title of the song.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Strangely enough, and this will shock you, so maybe sit down and make sure you have a neighbour with you or similar....
...they are actually singing "lovely day, lovely day..." hence the title of the song.

*Collapses*

To be fair, I don't follow music anyway due to my hearing and I had kinda' forgotten about it until I remembered earlier. ☺️

'Germany'

Sounds better anyway 😆

 

[T4tomo]

*Collapses*

To be fair, I don't follow music anyway due to my hearing and I had kinda' forgotten about it until I remembered earlier. ☺️

'Germany'

Sounds better anyway 😆

...and would make perfect sense if his wife slept in a dirndl.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

"Salmon chanted evening.........."

 

[Threevok]

"Salmon chanted evening.........."

Or Sam and Janet

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Not misheard, but something I always read is 'BST', as in the time.
I always read it as

'Bullsh*t Time'.

 

[richardfm]

And who can forget Paul McCartney's 'Rollicking tyre'.

I thought it was "Mulligan's tyres"

 

[Saluki]

I thought a manshiron was some sort of musical instrument so I Googled the lyrics.
They're actually, "Lays me down, with my mind she runs"

That is really helpful. I thought manshirons too.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I read a lot when I was a kid and often got pronunciation wrong for words I'd never heard before. Sometimes I'd hear someone saying the word months or years later and think "Ahhh". Sometimes I would pronounce it wrong and get strange looks.

Then there was the laughter when I mentioned seeing an Ohrang Ootang at the zoo.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I read a lot when I was a kid and often got pronunciation wrong for words I'd never heard before. Sometimes I'd hear someone saying the word months or years later and think "Ahhh". Sometimes I would pronounce it wrong and get strange looks.

Then there was the laughter when I mentioned seeing an Ohrang Ootang at the zoo.

Something sat 'adjanct' to something was a long standing miss - read for me.

Oh and they were

'Orange youtans'

To us.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I have now updated the thread title to include mis - readings.

 

[presta]

When I was a kid I wondered if Wrynose Bottom was full of Rhino sh!t.

 

[presta]

Kenny Rogers "you picked a fine time to leave me Lucille, with four hundred children and a crop in the field.."

He's complaining about dodgy shoes. You picked a fine time to leave me loose heel.