The Windy Sin from Africa...

[steepholm]

I've always had an idiotic fondness for mondegreens. It's really part of my wider, and even idioticker pun suckerdom. My comfort is that this weakness was shared by Shakespeare himself, much to Samuel Johnson's irritation:

"Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention with incidents, or enchaining it in suspense, let but a quibble spring up before him, and he leaves his work unfinished. A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career, or stoop from his elevation."

Gotta love Dr Johnson. Anyway, my daughter came up with a good one this afternoon, listening to music in the car: "I've a lasagne on the way," she sang merrily.

Elvis Costello will never be the same again.

Comments

OT -- *psst*

[a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com]

Since I have to snoop before I friend, I thought I might mention that the link from your web site to your academic home page, she is broken. This one works, though.

Re: OT -- *psst*

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I've fixed it now. That broken link was a one of the unanticipated results of splitting English and Drama into two departments last year, I guess - with attendant web reshuffles.

Re: OT -- *psst*

[a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com]

splitting departments ... always interesting. For us, English and Drama are in entirely different Schools. I've put you on a couple of filters, so if you want off the ones for academic stuff (frequently bitching/snarking about marking and idiot administrators) let me know. I've just pretty much put you where mutual friends are.

Re: OT -- *psst*

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Your filtering suggestion sounds both simpatico and gemutlich.