Comments on: Mondegreen http://www.word-detective.com/2007/07/mondegreen/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 12 May 2021 01:44:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.1 By: words1 http://www.word-detective.com/2007/07/mondegreen/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:43:32 +0000 http://word-detective.com/wordpress/?p=105#comment-252 It all comes down to ducks. I was going to let you twist slowly, slowly in the wind,* but my conscience bothered me, so here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_in_the_Wind

is the answer.

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* Obligatory Nixon reference.

]]> By: Betty http://www.word-detective.com/2007/07/mondegreen/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:17:43 +0000 http://word-detective.com/wordpress/?p=105#comment-251 Now you did it…(”Ducks in the wind, all we are is ducks in the wind…”).I KNOW that song and I can’t think of the real lyrics. Now it keeps on going through my mind and I can’t REMEMBER…
Was it blowing in the wind? And if so, then how does it come to be ducks??

Thanks
Betty

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