tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post3998316249307551753..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Joaquin Matilda, Barbara Seville, Lauren Order...Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-7457432937668213402012-06-12T08:15:33.861-05:002012-06-12T08:15:33.861-05:00My favorite is the Car Talk lawyers...Dewey, Cheat...My favorite is the Car Talk lawyers...Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.<br /><br />LiamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-2437818194646342232012-06-12T04:14:21.858-05:002012-06-12T04:14:21.858-05:00So mondegreen is a new word, then, even though the...So mondegreen is a new word, then, even though the joke is not new.<br />I'm sure if one were to read names of questionnaires, registration forms, corporate accounts (Enron) a lot more of these will resurface. <br /><br />This is the kind of benign misinformation, that protects privacy. The fact that a person is forced to fake his/her identity, is balanced out by the joking and overt manner of doing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-69292460748539133432012-06-11T07:17:32.757-05:002012-06-11T07:17:32.757-05:00More re mondegreens:
http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.co...More re mondegreens:<br /><br />http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2008/07/introducing-lady-mondegreen.html<br />http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2009/02/obamas-elf-new-mondegreen.html<br />http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2011/06/giant-saguaro-and-stevie-nicks.html<br />http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2009/07/props-to-otis-redding.htmlMinnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-3214876429563395922012-06-11T03:04:28.346-05:002012-06-11T03:04:28.346-05:00I'd say this kind of pun, can be classified as...I'd say this kind of pun, can be classified as a<br /><br />either malapropism,<br />a mondergreen (after Lady Mondergreen = laid 'im on the green)<br />or<br />homophones<br /><br />http://www.fun-with-words.com/mala_mondegreens.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-9988563358501001042012-06-09T20:52:43.228-05:002012-06-09T20:52:43.228-05:00The best name I've ever seen is for a Director...The best name I've ever seen is for a Director of Communications - DoN o tReply (capitalization to help in reading )Dutchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06186788068400120965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-21275698841654679872012-06-09T18:27:12.564-05:002012-06-09T18:27:12.564-05:00Parking garage attendants: Skip Braking, Denton Fe...Parking garage attendants: Skip Braking, Denton Fenders, Randy Batterydown, Chip Painte.<br /><br />Gardener: Moe DeLawnJerry Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116540065811848200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-22865711101520362422012-06-09T18:14:07.750-05:002012-06-09T18:14:07.750-05:00Hugo First? The novelist? Creator of "Over t...Hugo First? The novelist? Creator of "Over the Cliff"?<br />( by Hugo First, an old and perennial joke of my late father). There must be a whole genre of jokes like this, just like the "and that's when the fight started" and "little Johnny" jokes.<br /><br />What you haven't mentioned - maybe it became news just minutes after your posting - is that the show is winding up in September, but NPR says it will re-broadcast old episodes to fill the gap..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-45430134479127882652012-06-09T15:42:23.377-05:002012-06-09T15:42:23.377-05:00Cost controller - Emma Chisset.
Site Security - G...Cost controller - Emma Chisset.<br /><br />Site Security - Gunga Din.<br /><br />Onsite Catering - Roland Butter.<br /><br />Traffic Reports - Lane Cloziers.<br /><br />First Aider - Justin Kayse.Skipweaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454297424665652387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-43671939124057960112012-06-09T14:55:09.678-05:002012-06-09T14:55:09.678-05:00Reminds me of character names in the old "Ric...Reminds me of character names in the old "Rick O'Shay" comic strip. Rick was a deputy sheriff in a Western town. From Wiki:<br /><br />"His best friend is gunslinger Hipshot Percussion. Other key characters include gambler Deuces Wylde, dance hall owner Gaye Abandon, Dr. Basil Metabolism, gunsmith and Civil War veteran Cap'n Ball, banker Mort Gage and a kid named Quyat Burp."<br /><br />Not mentioned: Dr. Metabolism's nurse, Ophelia Pulse.Jerry Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116540065811848200noreply@blogger.com