Phrases You Always Mis-Hear?

midwintermidwinter
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in AppleOutsider edited January 2014
Yesterday, while driving across town, I heard an ad on the radio for freecreditreport.com.



I heard "Freak read it, report!"



I blame Michael Stipe for this, but I always hear "six of one, a half dozen the other" as "six and one half, a dozen the other."



How about you?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 17
    shetlineshetline Posts: 4,695member
    I was in a bar last weekend and couldn't figure out what some guy meant when he kept saying "Goat head half-ant otter beard", but I decided to go ahead and had another beer and not worry about it.
  • Reply 2 of 17
    e1618978e1618978 Posts: 6,075member
    Southern expressions that I couldn't get at first when I first moved down here:



    "Waggarauddo" -> Walker Auto Parts

    "Libbity FaMeega" -> Liberty Farm and Garden



    Also, for some strange reason as a child I always though that

    "Louie, Louie, Oh, Oh, we gotta go" from the song was something about the arcade game "omega race" - although now I have no idea how I made the connection.
  • Reply 3 of 17
    justinjustin Posts: 403member
    "Hi. I'm a talking head stand."









    Too many David Byrne addicts:



    (Hi - I'm a Talking Heads fan)
  • Reply 4 of 17
    gene cleangene clean Posts: 3,481member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Justin









    Too many David Byrne addicts:



    (Hi - I'm a Talking Heads fan)



    "Hi - I'm a psycho killer"



    or..



    "Hi - It's a site I'd kill for".
  • Reply 5 of 17
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    'Scuse Me while I Kiss This Guy - The Archive of Misheard Song Lyrics
  • Reply 6 of 17
    kingofsomewherehotkingofsomewherehot Posts: 4,182member
    Phrases I always mis-hear ???



    ANYTHING my wife says.
  • Reply 7 of 17
    a_greera_greer Posts: 4,594member
    Mom says "take out the trash"

    I hear "stay seated on your ass"



    lol
  • Reply 8 of 17
    fangornfangorn Posts: 323member
    Well, there is this ad that comes on the radio several times any given morning for a shipping company. The voice is some youngish kid (or sounds like to my almost-40-year-old ears) who says they "recycle styrofoam peanuts." Only, it doesn't sound like "peanuts."
  • Reply 9 of 17
    dionxdionx Posts: 12member
    "for all intents and purposes"



    ==> "for all intensive purposes"
  • Reply 10 of 17
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dionx

    "for all intents and purposes"



    ==> "for all intensive purposes"



    You shouldn't take it for granite that that's what it always is.
  • Reply 11 of 17
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by midwinter

    You shouldn't take it for granite that that's what it always is.



    I always thought taking things for granite was your best bed.
  • Reply 12 of 17
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dmz

    I always thought taking things for granite was your best bed.



    No. A Diamond sore is a girl's best friend.
  • Reply 13 of 17
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by midwinter

    No. A Diamond sore is a girl's best friend.



    You got me -- I'd post more misheard phrases, but I've been wanton in my study of them.
  • Reply 14 of 17
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    Knowing midwinter, I bet his purposes often are, in fact, intensive. Mine, on the other hand, are usually lacksadaisical.
  • Reply 15 of 17
    shawnjshawnj Posts: 6,656member
    "Would you like super-salad with your dinner?"
  • Reply 16 of 17
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    That reminds me of the joke about the world traveler who, coming back to his country after a long trip, was asked by a customs official: "Do you intend to overthrow the government through force or violence?" The tired traveler thought for a moment and then said: "Uh, force."
  • Reply 17 of 17
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by BRussell

    That reminds me of the joke about the world traveler who, coming back to his country after a long trip, was asked by a customs official: "Do you intend to overthrow the government through force or violence?" The tired traveler thought for a moment and then said: "Uh, force."



    When we were leaving London this summer, the baggage check guy asked me "Is there anything in your back that might appear to be a weapon?" And I, being tired and stupid, said "Um, shouldn't be."



    I mean, how the hell am I supposed to know how things in my bag might appear to someone else?



    To add another one: isn't there a story about how the Led Zeppelin song D'yer Maker is the punchline of a joke? That it's "Did you make her?"
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