"roach" = 'joint' butt--anything before 1938?

[Dan Goodman]

Sam Clements wrote:

> So, does this qualify as the first "Mondegreen?"  :)

Probably a few centuries late for that.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jesse Sheidlower" <jester at PANIX.COM>
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> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 7:38 PM
> Subject: Re: "roach" = 'joint' butt--anything before 1938?
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>>On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 07:04:49PM -0500, Sam Clements wrote:
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>>>Yep.  The Meyer Berger story(which I haven't, but should have read).
>>>
>>>What did he screw up?
>>
>>Among other things, the song "If you're a Viper" is playing in
>>the background, and he transcribes it partly as "Dreamed about
>>a reefer five feet long,/Mighty, immense, but not too strong,"
>>as opposed to the actual lyrics, "The mighty mezz, but not too
>>strong."
>>
>>Jesse Sheidlower
>>OED
>>
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