query

[Bob Haas]

When I was a kid, I thought it was a "note of republic," and people were
just saying it fast.

bob

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> And presumably the cause of many a mondegreen.  I remember quite
> clearly hearing the term "notary public" when I was about 7 or so.
> Now I knew what a republic was, but had no idea about the notar.