Merry Mondegreen!

[Neal Whitman]

And of course there's the possibly racist/xenophobic "Police got my dad."

Neal

> On Dec 23, 2013, at 1:59 PM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Herb Stahlke wrote:
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>> Check http://www.gocomics.com/pickles for the best Christmas mondegreen yet.
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> Other possibilities, from Kiss This Guy:
>
> Bernice loves her dad
> Please mop it up
> Release Mother Duck
> Police never die
> Release Mary Dot
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> http://www.kissthisguy.com/feliz-navidad-traditional-misheard-song-1201.htm
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> --bgz
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