This is demonstrated by the more frequent mishearing of words on the telephone than in person.

Another possible explanation is that hearing loss could have led to a mishearing of vocal emotional.

The most common mishearing of the chorus line is "Calling Jamaica".

Fogerty has parodied the mishearing in live performances of the song.

A mishearing of such, based on incorrectly resolved ambiguity, is called a mondegreen.

The group Prefab Sprout took their name from a mishearing of the lyrics.

Other hypotheses propose a mishearing of the Morse code by the Santiago operator.

This is an example of a mondegreen, the mishearing of a phrase such that it acquires a new meaning.

"Janx" was a garbled mishearing of "Jantiff," which had gained currency, around the tavern.

A mondegreen is the mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase as a result of near-homophony, in a way that gives it a new meaning.

The project's name comes from a mishearing of the Czech word konec, or "end," which marks the end of transmissions on the Czech numbers station.

That mishearing has been so prevalent, legend has it, that Mr. Hendrix himself would occasionally stop and kiss a guy after singing this line in concert.

(As a native Romanian, Dr. Buican's opinion that nosferatu is a mishearing of necuratu carries particular weight.)

The lyrics to "Scarred" were initially inspired by a mishearing of the lyrics to The Clash's "Rock the Casbah".

Thaddeus, by the way, is also partly deaf, which allows for topically pointed jokes inspired by his mishearing: "law degree" becomes, in his rendering, "lot of greed."

But this was in fact the result of a mishearing, and an ironic one at that, given the subsequent tweet: "Norman is a bit loud in such a small restaurant.

THE title of Frederick Reiken's first novel comes from a child's mishearing of the words "The Odyssey," but the journey here covers mainly psychological terrain.

Soramimi Cake [Cake of Mishearing] (TV Size)

Cyril Connolly's name appears in a coda to the Monty Python song "Eric the Half-a-Bee", as a mishearing of the words "semi-carnally".

I guess this is more a story about Ted Berrigan than about acid, but then my funniest stoned moments always happened with someone else, particularly if there was some mishearing involved.

He heard 'Feegee', the Tongan pronunciation of Viti: so 'Fiji' came from an Englishman's mishearing of a Tongan's mispronunciation!

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has finally found space for the word "mondegreen," which it defines as "a word or phrase that results from a mishearing of something said or sung."

A Monk Swimming by author Malachy McCourt is so titled because of a childhood mishearing of a phrase from the Catholic rosary prayer, Hail Mary.

Jessica Ross collects mondegreens on a site called The Ants Are My Friends, named for a common mishearing of "the answer my friends" from Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" (www.mcs.net/bingo/ lyrics).

One such example is a mondegreen - a mishearing of a phrase, which itself is based on a mishearing of "And laid him on the green" as "And Lady Mondegreen".

I admit to feeling sympathetic to his mishearing the name.

Perhaps I had simply been mishearing all these years?

In spite of your efforts, there may be mishearing and misunderstandings.

This could be because of mishearing the caller or stamping the wrong number by mistake.

Whenever I ask her about Emily's skills, she seems to mishear me.

Perhaps due to people mishearing the name, it evolved into Rudgeway.

It was also common for European explorers to mishear native words, or to transcribe them poorly.

"How could you overlook burning synagogues or mishear the cries of the mistreated?"

Mishearing a bid is not a problem.

"Your Grace, did this one's worthless ears mishear you?"

The comedy begins when members of the crowd mishear his statements of peace, love and tolerance.

This happened due to Jenna mishearing the interviewer and thinking he meant theater troupes.

These variations may have resulted from mishearing an unfamiliar word or trying to intensify a word's meaning by extending its length.

By the two beards of Imtal, you are mishearing.

"Yeah, tell her to eat it," Grotesk said, evidently mishearing.

The lyrics are famously easy to mishear.

Had you heard Miller's anecdote about Dylan mishearing the Beatles before?

I did not mishear her.

But I remained annoyed, so I pretended to mishear.

I didn't want to mishear this.

Mistakenly - mishearing the name, perhaps - the person who answered said Mrs. Morrison had been moved to another floor.

Luckily, Ricky has a tendency to mishear Chucks words.

Did I mishear that?

Did he mishear?

"Did I mishear your name, sir?