ETYMFORGEmondegreen
A misheard word or phrase, especially a song lyric
听错的歌词或词句
You've sung the same song for years. Then one day you read the lyrics, and realize you've been singing the wrong words the whole time.
一首歌你唱了好多年。直到有一天看到歌词，才发现自己一直唱错了。
Word parts词的构成
The story词源故事
In 1954, the American writer Sylvia Wright confessed a childhood mistake.
1954年，美国作家西尔维娅·赖特坦白了自己小时候的一个误会。
In an old Scottish ballad, she heard: they have slain the Earl of Moray, and Lady Mondegreen.
在一首古老的苏格兰民谣里，她听到的是：“他们杀了莫里伯爵，还有蒙德格林夫人。”
The real line was: and laid him on the green.
其实原句是：“然后把他放在了草地上。”
Lady Mondegreen never existed, but she gave her name to every misheard lyric.
蒙德格林夫人从来不存在，却把名字留给了所有听错的歌词。
In a sentence用法
Half the fun of singing in the car is discovering each other's mondegreens.
开车时一起唱歌，最好玩的就是发现彼此听错的歌词。
Our ears don't just hear. They guess. And sometimes, the guess is more beautiful than the truth.
我们的耳朵不只是在听，也在猜。有时候，猜出来的，比真相还美。
Full transcript完整字幕
You've sung the same song for years. Then one day you read the lyrics, and realize you've been singing the wrong words the whole time.
That mistake has a name.
Mondegreen.
In 1954, the American writer Sylvia Wright confessed a childhood mistake.
In an old Scottish ballad, she heard: they have slain the Earl of Moray, and Lady Mondegreen.
The real line was: and laid him on the green.
Lady Mondegreen never existed, but she gave her name to every misheard lyric.
Here's how it sounds in a sentence.
Half the fun of singing in the car is discovering each other's mondegreens.
Your turn. Say it with me: Mondegreen.
Our ears don't just hear. They guess.
And sometimes, the guess is more beautiful than the truth.
一首歌你唱了好多年。直到有一天看到歌词，才发现自己一直唱错了。
这种听错，有它自己的名字。
Mondegreen，听错的歌词。
1954年，美国作家西尔维娅·赖特坦白了自己小时候的一个误会。
在一首古老的苏格兰民谣里，她听到的是：“他们杀了莫里伯爵，还有蒙德格林夫人。”
其实原句是：“然后把他放在了草地上。”
蒙德格林夫人从来不存在，却把名字留给了所有听错的歌词。
放进句子里，是这样的：
开车时一起唱歌，最好玩的就是发现彼此听错的歌词。
轮到你了，跟我一起说：mondegreen。
我们的耳朵不只是在听，也在猜。
有时候，猜出来的，比真相还美。