Here are a few funny little examples of our ears failing at language.
1. My beautiful little sister, I say beautiful because she's not the smart one, was singing Michael Jackson a few years ago when I noticed she was making a wee bit of a mistake. Instead of singing "don't stop till you get enough", she was singing "don't stop till you get it up".
Now, in her defence, her understanding of the lyrics is plausible, what with lyrics such as "rude boy boy are you big enough" from Rihanna being allowed, I'm sure "don't stop till you get it up" would be played before the watershed. But, she did nevertheless turn an innocent enough line into a rather saucy inuendo.
2. My Grandpa gives us the next two annecdotes. In his seventies, he is losing his hearing somewhat and this has resulted in two brilliant dinner table stories. Firstly, when talking about a film featuring Sandra Bullock, he turned to me and said "Who on earth is Sandy Bollocks?". True story. Secondly, my Grandparents recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversay, three cheers for the happy couple. On the day of the anniversary my Grandpa's sister and brother-in-law phone to wish them well and my Grandpa's brother-in-law added "now you've got your diamond to look forward to". A while after this conversation my Grandma asked what was wrong with my upset Grandpa and he explained that it was rude of Jim to tell them that all they had to look forward to now was dying. Another true story.
Sometimes language is brilliant and other times, mishearing language is even better.
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