Lady Mondegreen

[Laurence Horn]

Sam Clements writes on the above filly and her eponym

>She was a three-times stakes winner.
>
>I think the term became widespread outside of the linguistic community with
>Jimmy Hendrix and "kiss this guy"/"kiss the sky."
>  Almost elevated to
>parlour game status.
>http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19990811
>
>SC

And for misheard song lyrics, starting with Jimi Hendrix and going
far beyond him, or even Creedence Clearwater's unforgettable advice
"there's a bathroom on the right", the locus classicus is
http://www.kissthisguy.com/

larry