mondegreens / Jackson beans

[Scot LaFaive]

I heard one today on The Bob and Tom radio show. A comedian was saying how
he went to a Starbucks where someone ordered a "black eye" coffee and when
they announced the order as ready it sounded like "black guy" as if the
order was for a black guy in the crowd. How true is this? Who knows, but I
could see it happening.

Scot

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> In a moment of idleness, my brain told me to Google.  There
> apparently are two somethings called "Jackson beans".
>
> 1)  Jackson Wonder Beans
> Mottled shades of buff and purplish-brown.
> Popular in Atlanta and Georgia in the 1880's. Great for Soups.
> Illustration and cooking instructions at
> http://www.purcellmountainfarms.com/Jackson%20Wonder%20Beans.htm
> (These seem to be the real thing, of the family Leguminosae, that
> Maverick might have soaked overnight and cooked the next morning
> while camping out.)
>
> But from The Wedge Natural Foods Co-op newsletter of August/September
> 2005, we hear:
> "Where's the Jackson beans? I miss them. Also how about some canned
> green beans?"
>
> "Both of these products were discontinued by Westbrae due to
> availability issues."
>
> 2)  The title of an article in "Food Chemistry", 2006 refers to
> "cured vanilla (Vanilla planifolia G. Jackson) beans."  And named
> elsewhere in the vernacular; e.g., "3 Jackson beans in each cup about
> halfway in the vermiculite were used in this experiment" [on plant growth].
> (These are of the family Orchidaceae.)
>
> Now off to write a limerick ...
>
> P.S.  There is also this sentence:  "Note that annotation is often
> not needed: for example, regular Jackson beans that Jackson can
> introspect can be used without annotations, to produce JSON schema
> definition."  From jackson.codehaus.org, whoever that is.  About JSON
> (JavaScript Object Notation), "a lightweight data-interchange format."
>
> Joel
>
> At 12/10/2009 12:59 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> >Certainly not famous, not related to sibilants, but perhaps humorous,
> >and I finally have an excuse to mention it here:
> >
> >For many years, dating back even to when my hearing was better, I had
> >incorporated the words to the theme music of the TV program "Maverick" as
> >
> >"Livin' on Jackson beans
> >Maverick is a legend of the west."
> >
> >Seemed like an incomplete diet to me, but maybe that's why he's a legend.
> >
> >For the few who may not know the truth, see
> >http://crazyabouttv.com/maverick.html
> >
> >Joel
> >
> >At 12/10/2009 12:26 PM, David Barnhart wrote:
> >>I just heard during a pitch for money by an NPR affiliate the statement
> in
> >>part which I am sure was written as .
> >>
> >>..Six CDs.
> >>
> >>However, I heard it, in my inimitably sarcastic frame of mind, .
> >>
> >>..sick CDs.
> >>
> >>This is no doubt because of phonological juxtaposition of sibilants. ...
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