Word boundaries

[Joel S. Berson]

Is there a database of prose mondegreens?  Or are there too many?

Joel

At 2/17/2010 08:17 PM, ronbutters at AOL.COM wrote:
>No skewering from me. This is a genuine slip of the ear and worth
>recording in the archives. IMEO.
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>From: Bill Palmer
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>On NPR this afternoon, I heard a story about a physician in Haiti
>who was described as a "disaster's own surgeon", which on further
>reflection worked out to be "disaster zone surgeon"
>
>I concede that this does not rise to full contact scholarship, and
>ask not to be skewered for non-serious posting..
>
>Bill Palmer
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