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From: Paul Sture on 4 Apr 2010 10:51 In article <michelle-6E8FFC.11293903042010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <C7DCDE15.57E7A%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > >> I do believe the joke was a rather old one among Yiddish comedians, > > >> and that Sherman's parody merely popularized it. > > > > > > Could very well be, but this kid sincerely believed that that was the > > > correct answer to the question. > > > > Ethnocentric naivet�? > > I don't know what his religion was, but we were in a predominantly Jewish > neighborhood. However, "Doyle" is not exactly a Jewish name. > > The explanation is that he heard the name, but never read it, and he > apparently did not hear it clearly. Back to ethnowhatsit, or simply culture? In the following article the author repeatedly refers to Conan Doyle as simply "Doyle". To me as a Brit, "Conan Doyle" is the correct form as it represents the full (double barrelled) surname. <http://www.bargaintraveleurope.com/08/Switzerland_Sherlock_Holmes_Meirin gen.htm> -- Paul Sture
From: Jeffrey Goldberg on 4 Apr 2010 13:04 Michelle Steiner wrote: > In article <C7DC19F7.57E43%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > >> I do believe the joke was a rather old one among Yiddish comedians, and >> that Sherman's parody merely popularized it. > > Could very well be, but this kid sincerely believed that that was the > correct answer to the question. This seems like the kind of thing that would be stumbled upon independently. Like "to the republic for Richard Stands" or "Olive the other reindeer" -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://goldmark.org/jeff/ I rarely read HTML or poorly quoting posts Reply-To address is valid
From: Ian Gregory on 4 Apr 2010 18:19 On 2010-04-04, Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote: > This seems like the kind of thing that would be stumbled upon > independently. Like "to the republic for Richard Stands" When I was about seven years old we moved from England to Pittsburgh for a year. After several weeks in school I came home one day and asked my mother why everybody stood up in the morning and said "Congratulations to the flag". Ian -- Ian Gregory http://www.zenatode.org.uk/
From: Warren Oates on 5 Apr 2010 08:02 In article <slrnhrjb8i.2mep.g.kreme(a)cerebus.local>, Lewis <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > Not the show, never seen it. The mere existence of the show, that is > funny. Mondegreens are fun. I like "Gladly, the cross-eyed bear." Although, it's probably not a true mondegreen. "Half an enchilada and you think you're going to drown" (instead of "half an inch of water") is. One of mine, in the early 70s, was "I know that you're not on the turnpike" (instead of "not going to turn back") but it made as much sense to me as anything else Supertramp wrote. One of my friends always heard "she's got the wavy movements" and "busted flat in Baffin Land" and I have no idea where he got that last one from. -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: John McWilliams on 5 Apr 2010 11:36
Warren Oates wrote: > In article <slrnhrjb8i.2mep.g.kreme(a)cerebus.local>, > Lewis <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > >> Not the show, never seen it. The mere existence of the show, that is >> funny. > > Mondegreens are fun. I like "Gladly, the cross-eyed bear." Although, > it's probably not a true mondegreen. "Half an enchilada and you think > you're going to drown" (instead of "half an inch of water") is. > > One of mine, in the early 70s, was "I know that you're not on the > turnpike" (instead of "not going to turn back") but it made as much > sense to me as anything else Supertramp wrote. One of my friends always > heard "she's got the wavy movements" and "busted flat in Baffin Land" > and I have no idea where he got that last one from. My fav is "there is a bathroom on the right" ---- (there is a bad moon on the rise). Everytime I hear "Rock the Casbah", I hear "Marie don't like it" (the shareef don't like it), and I swear half the time they are singing "f**k the Casbah", not rock it... -- john mcwilliams |