In a futile attempt to escape the Songkran madness, I have holed up at home this week, soaking in lots of music and in doing so have rediscovered the wonderful world of "aural malapropisms". This is not an obscure medical condition, but involves mishearing something, as in song lyrics.
Most of us can probably only remember a few lines of a song, and even then might not get the lyrics right. I was reminded of that this week while listening to Elton John's Bennie and the Jets. It still sounds to my ears that Elton is singing she's got electric boobs when in fact it's the less fanciful "electric boots."
There is even an official name for a misheard lyric - mondegreen. A brief explanation is required:
