Merry Mondegreen!

[Laurence Horn]

On Dec 23, 2013, at 7:58 PM, Neal Whitman wrote:

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

Or just justifiably paranoid, based on what I've been reading about recent crackdowns.

LH


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> Neal
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>> 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:
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>> 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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