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Cloud · 12-13-2007, 07:20 PM

yeah, but I think that is more of an example of language drift. Words get condensed and the sounds elided over time with use.

I think a mondegreen is more of a lyric, song title, or line of poetry misheard or misunderstood.

12-13-2007, 07:20 PM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	yeah, but I think that is more of an example of language drift. Words get condensed and the sounds elided over time with use. I think a mondegreen is more of a lyric, song title, or line of poetry misheard or misunderstood. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"