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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:52 pm
by slade
[QUOTE=Ravager]Kalabam!
Etc, etc...

[/QUOTE]
wouldnt it be ka-blam!

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:53 pm
by Aramant
Jam!
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:56 pm
by Lestat
[QUOTE=Aramant]Jam![/QUOTE]
jamming, jamming, jamming, jamming
we're jamming in the name of the Lord.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:58 pm
by Aramant
[QUOTE=Lestat]jamming, jamming, jamming, jamming
we're jamming in the name of the Lord.[/QUOTE]
The Lord of the Jam?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:59 pm
by Ravager
[QUOTE=slade]wouldnt it be ka-blam!

[/QUOTE]
Nope. I said Kalabam, so that's what it is.

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:59 pm
by Fiona
[QUOTE=Lestat]jamming, jamming, jamming, jamming
we're jamming in the name of the Lord.[/QUOTE]
"who was a major player in heaven...."
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:03 pm
by Lestat
[QUOTE=Fiona]"who was a major player in heaven...."[/QUOTE]
because he was the naz
with god-given ass.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:06 pm
by slade
[QUOTE=Lestat]because he was the naz
with god-given ass.[/QUOTE]
Bat Le Funk.......yes that is what I shall call you:laugh:
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:06 pm
by Fiona
[QUOTE=Lestat]because he was the naz
with god-given ass.[/QUOTE]
I never managed to make the first rhyme into anything before. Thanks, Lestat :laugh:
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:09 pm
by Lestat
Thank Bowie...
"The kids was just crass, he was the naz
With God given ass"
[url="http://www.lyricstime.com/david-bowie-ziggy-stardust-lyrics.html"]Full Lyrics[/url]
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:10 pm
by Fiona
[QUOTE=Lestat]Thank Bowie...
"The kids was just crass, he was the naz
With God given ass"
[url="http://www.lyricstime.com/david-bowie-ziggy-stardust-lyrics.html"]Full Lyrics[/url][/QUOTE]
I knew where it came from, it was just one of those lines that I couldn't hear properly - not even enough to make a mondegreen.

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:44 pm
by Ravager
A mondegreen...
[QUOTE=O.A.]A series of words that result from the mishearing or misinterpretation of a statement or song lyric. For example, I led the pigeons to the flag for I pledge allegiance to the flag.[/QUOTE]
Wow, I never had to look up so many words before you joined GB, Fiona...

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:47 pm
by Lestat
[QUOTE=Ravager]Wow, I never had to look up so many words before you joined GB, Fiona...

[/QUOTE]And
you speak same language as her...

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:57 pm
by Ravager
I take it you know the meaning of every Belgian word then?

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:02 pm
by Lestat
[QUOTE=Ravager]I take it you know the meaning of every Belgian word then?

[/QUOTE]Of course
you take it
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:04 pm
by Ravager
Hehe. That's deliberately misinterpreting a figure of speech and evading my question.

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:04 pm
by Fiona
Sorry Rav. Mondegreens have been mentioned at SYM before, though. I think Fable explained them. Comes from a folk song called the Bonny Earl of Murray. Love the tune

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:08 pm
by Lestat
[QUOTE=Ravager]Hehe. That's deliberately misinterpreting a figure of speech and evading my question.

[/QUOTE]Of course.
But you're asking the wrong question. It's like asking whether Hill knows every Canadian word...
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:11 pm
by slade
[QUOTE=Lestat]Of course.
But you're asking the wrong question. It's like asking whether Hill knows every Canadian word...[/QUOTE]
No....lets not go there

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:16 pm
by Lestat
[QUOTE=slade]No....lets not go there

[/QUOTE]Scared?
You should be
But actually I meant in the sense that there is no Canadian language (but two languages spoken in Canada.
