It's More Cheesier if you do it right the first time! 4

[ESquared]

There are several phrases I like to use, consisting of real words, that when spoken aloud suggest something else entirely. There is definitely room for fudging, because half the fun is for the correct phrase to end up being slightly mispronounced but unmistakable. It can help to say the words rather quickly.

Perhaps we could call these Reverse Mondegreens. Or maybe Intentional Malapropisms. Or maybe someone can come up with a better name.

Here are some of my favorites:

It's "More Cheesier" if you do it right the first time! [say this like Sean Connery! And we all know it's better to be cheesier than not to be!]
[deep sigh] Oil Well...
Water you doing?
Why? No reason. I did it just for the halibut.
[and my newest I noticed a couple months ago] Curses! Four-Year-Old Again!

Recently in a thread in the Making An Impression forum, someone said, "King of the Wild Front Ear." That definitely works, but it's not completely in the spirit of what I'm talking about, because the pronunciation is correct. I enjoy it more when the pronunciation is slightly off.

What examples can you invent?

Stick with ones that you personally invented or heard first hand (that is, please don't search the internet or use universally-known, oft-repeated and overused examples).

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It is better to have honor than a good reputation.
(Reputation is what other people think about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.)

 

[Zathras]

From a college professor (now deceased) who claimed to be teaching someone English during the war. He would instruct the poor unforunate to speak this way:
Wipe your ass me for?
Bear snot ass me again!
Those are the only two I remember.

There is also:
Grassy ass! (Think Spanish)
Much ass grassy ass!
Donkey chain (Think German)

 

[CajunCenturion]

If you're making macaroni, it is more cheesier if you do it right.
Every time.

Sorry.

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[SkipVought]

Various goodbys...

our river's dirty.
our reservoir.
come back when you can't stay so long. [sup]threw that one in, no extra charge![/sup]


Skip,
[sub]
[red]Be advised:[/red] Researchers have found another Descartes trueism, "Cogito ergo spud."
"I think; therefore, I YAM! [/sub]

 

[CajunCenturion]

At the risk of bringing up religion, my son, when he was very young, for a while thought that God's name was Howard. From the Lord's Prayer: " ... who art in heaven, Howard be thy name ..."

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[SkipVought]

Andy walks with me, Andy talks with me...

Bringing in the cheese, Bringing in the cheese, We shall come rejoycing, Bringing in the cheese...

Skip,
[sub]
[red]Be advised:[/red] Researchers have found another Descartes trueism, "Cogito ergo spud."
"I think; therefore, I YAM! [/sub]

 

[hilfy]

Don't know if this is what you're talking about...

"Are you sure?"
"Absitively, posolutely."

-Dell

 

[RCorrigan]

Murky Buckets !! (Almost Thanks in French !!!)

<Do I need A Signature or will an X do?>

 

[cLFlaVA]

i used to work in a bagel store. long hours (9, standing up). when someone would order a sandwhich, i would ask:

"Salty Pecker?"

And they would invariably always respond yes, they wanted both salt and pepper.

*cLFlaVA
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Lois: "Peter, you're drunk!"
Peter: "I'm not drunk, I'm just exhausted from stayin' up all night drinking!

 

[ESquared]

come back when you can't stay so long.

I'm not getting this one, unless it's just a sly insult.

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It is better to have honor than a good reputation.
(Reputation is what other people think about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.)

 

[assets]

speaking of gods name as Howard. Australia has a Prime Minister John Howard that thinks he is god.

Never give up never give in.

 

[ESquared]

Isn't a streak of egotism a requirement for a successful politician?

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It is better to have honor than a good reputation.
(Reputation is what other people think about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.)

 

[SkipVought]

E[sup]2[/sup]

come back when you can't stay so long.

is not meant to be a backhanded insult. Rather, it's a twist on...

Come back when you can stay longer.

I'll only slap that one on someone who I know well and have a goor relationship with, which means...

[sub]let's see, .... carry the 2.... multiply by.... raise to the.... round up.... [/sub]

well, let's say its lots of folks! ;-)

Skip,
[sub]
[red]Be advised:[/red] Researchers have found another Descartes trueism, "Cogito ergo spud."
"I think; therefore, I YAM! [/sub]

 

[RodKnowlton]

An expression of shock, courtesy of The Firesign Theatre:

Soccer blue!

 

[ESquared]

RodKnowlton,

Is that referring to a French expression? What is the original?

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It is better to have honor than a good reputation.
(Reputation is what other people think about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.)

 

[RodKnowlton]

Oui. C'est "sacré bleu".

It's from The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra - A Thrilling Mis-Adventure From "The Cheque Book of Hemlock Stones", an album with a wordplay density I've yet to see equaled.

One of my favorites, from an unidentified party-goer as we fade-in to a cocktail party scene:

"Will you look at the mouth on that gift horse?"

Seeing it typed out, I can only conclude that I'm easily amused.

Now that I'll be thinking about it all day, I'll probably dust it off and give it a listen this evening.

Rod Knowlton
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA Security+

 

[mscallisto]

Jose, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?

 

[sdraper]

I one two than Queue four lettin' me beam ice elf
- George Clinton

Sam

 

[SkipVought]

As one surgeon said to the other, "Suture self!"

Skip,
[sub]
[red]Be advised:[/red] Researchers have found another Descartes trueism, "Cogito ergo spud."
"I think; therefore, I YAM! [/sub]

 

[ESquared]

Dog Queue Mints: candies for canines who are waiting in line (documents)

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It is better to have honor than a good reputation.
(Reputation is what other people think about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.)