Comments on: Naked Americans

By: Elizabeth Poppe

Elizabeth Poppe — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:41:13 +0000

Oh, and my niece likes ‘black salt toast’. Took my sister (she of the ‘cold heat’) ages to figure out she meant cinnamon toast!

By: Elizabeth Poppe

Elizabeth Poppe — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:40:22 +0000

“Turn on the cold heat!” my youngest sister used to implore on hot summer drives. We still use her term for air conditioning 25 years later.

By: Melissa Cady

Melissa Cady — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:08:54 +0000

These are all so cute! It just goes to show you the fresh new ways kids look at the world.
My son asked me today for ‘rainbows’ while holding out his Daddy’s big shoes…”Rainbows?” I though for a second and realized he wanted me to tie bows! So I gladly tied a rainbow on to each shoe and he toddled away.

By: janet

janet — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:55:23 +0000

Thanks, Jess! Had a look and you want to know something crazy? @Amy, there’s another cross-eyed bear! What are the odds? Check it out…

Examples in songsThe top three mondegreens submitted regularly to mondegreen expert Jon Carroll are:[1]
1.”Gladly, the cross-eyed bear[3] (from the line in the hymn “Keep Thou My Way” by Fanny Crosby, “Kept by Thy tender care, gladly the cross I’ll bear”)[14] Carroll and many others quote it as “Gladly the cross I’d bear”.
2.There’s a bathroom on the right (the line at the end of each verse of “Bad Moon Rising” by Creedence Clearwater Revival: “There’s a bad moon on the rise”)
3.’Scuse me while I kiss this guy (from a lyric in the song “Purple Haze”, by Jimi Hendrix: “‘Scuse me while I kiss the sky”).

By: JessB

JessB — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:50:21 +0000

These misheard lyrics are called “Mondegreens” and the story behind them is as funny as any misheard lyric!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen

By: janet

janet — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:31:13 +0000

Oh, my gosh. The cross-eyed bear. I love that, Amy!

By: Amy Hesse

Amy Hesse — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:28:05 +0000

Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know” was a popular song when my nephew Carl was three and my sister spent a lot of time with the radio on. He referred to this as “the cross-eyed bear” song and it took us awhile to figure it out – “the cross I bare” that you gave to me”, but I sing those words to this day now:-)

By: janet

janet — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:18:17 +0000

Love it!

By: Kari

Kari — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:35:41 +0000

I remember a ton of ‘baby talk’ from being around my little brother during his preschool years (he is 3.5 years younger than me). He would proudly walk up to complete strangers and announce, “I have a great remry.” (memory) =)

By: Link Building Guy

Link Building Guy — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:02:42 +0000

Simply put, Green Day rocks! I remember the first time I listened to them.. Basket Case.. lol. After that I was hooked.

Way to go Green Day!