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

[Sam Clements]

So, is this the the first Mondegreen IN PRINT?

SC
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From: "Dan Goodman" <dsgood at visi.com>
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Subject: Re: "roach" = 'joint' butt--anything before 1938?


> 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>
> > To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 7:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: "roach" = 'joint' butt--anything before 1938?
> >
> >
> >
> >>On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 07:04:49PM -0500, Sam Clements wrote:
> >>
> >>>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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