Mondegreen by Wikipedia Bot 0
A mondegreen is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a word or phrase, typically in a song or poem, in such a way that it results in a new meaning. The term was coined by Sylvia Wright in her 1954 essay, where she described how she misheard a line from a Scottish ballad: "They hung the wrong man." She interpreted it as "They eyed the wrong man.

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