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I remember the discussion on 'mondegreen' here in AUE some time ago. The dictionary definition: "A mondegreen is a mishearing or
misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new, and often
humourous meaning. "

Well, it appears the word has raised its head again, in the form of a
German song lyric doing the social media rounds. (Heard it on BBC World
Service so no links, sorry.)

Even more surprising for me - apparently a lot of other languages have a
word for it too. Funny old world.


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occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:

I remember the discussion on 'mondegreen' here in AUE some time ago. The dictionary definition: "A mondegreen is a mishearing or
misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new, and often humourous meaning. "

And outside. The wiki article on it was fiercely defended by our Donna
against some nasty Deletian. (IIRC)
It is a much bigger article by now.

Well, it appears the word has raised its head again, in the form of a
German song lyric doing the social media rounds. (Heard it on BBC World Service so no links, sorry.)

Even more surprising for me - apparently a lot of other languages have a
word for it too. Funny old world.

You could have mentioned that it is 'Doobie scoot canoe',
for 'Du Bist Gut Genug',

Jan



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Saturday, J. J. Lodder observed:

occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:

I remember the discussion on 'mondegreen' here in AUE some time ago. The
dictionary definition: "A mondegreen is a mishearing or
misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new, and often
humourous meaning. "

And outside. The wiki article on it was fiercely defended by our Donna against some nasty Deletian. (IIRC)
It is a much bigger article by now.

Well, it appears the word has raised its head again, in the form of a
German song lyric doing the social media rounds. (Heard it on BBC World
Service so no links, sorry.)

Even more surprising for me - apparently a lot of other languages have a
word for it too. Funny old world.

You could have mentioned that it is 'Doobie scoot canoe',
for 'Du Bist Gut Genug',

Jan

That's almost scat singing. Alas, Ward Swingle is no more.

-d
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On 14/06/26 12:13, Snidely wrote:

Saturday, J. J. Lodder observed:

You could have mentioned that it is 'Doobie scoot canoe', for 'Du
Bist Gut Genug',

That's almost scat singing. Alas, Ward Swingle is no more.

Now that you mention it, it's been many years since I last heard the
Single Swingers. A pity, I quite liked them.
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Newcastle, NSW
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Den 14.06.2026 kl. 07.20 skrev Peter Moylan:

You could have mentioned that it is 'Doobie scoot canoe', for 'Du
Bist Gut Genug',

That's almost scat singing.-a Alas, Ward Swingle is no more.

Now that you mention it, it's been many years since I last heard the
Single Swingers. A pity, I quite liked them.

I tried to find them on YouTube but I only got naughty suggestions.
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Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> wrote:

Den 14.06.2026 kl. 07.20 skrev Peter Moylan:

You could have mentioned that it is 'Doobie scoot canoe', for 'Du
Bist Gut Genug',

That's almost scat singing. Alas, Ward Swingle is no more.

Now that you mention it, it's been many years since I last heard the
Single Swingers. A pity, I quite liked them.

I tried to find them on YouTube but I only got naughty suggestions.

Not very surprising. Do look again,

Jan


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On 14/06/2026 03:13 AM, Snidely wrote:

Saturday, J. J. Lodder observed:

occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:

I remember the discussion on 'mondegreen' here in AUE some time ago. The >>> dictionary definition: "A mondegreen is a mishearing or
misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new, and often
humourous meaning. "

And outside. The wiki article on it was fiercely defended by our Donna
against some nasty Deletian. (IIRC)
It is a much bigger article by now.

Well, it appears the word has raised its head again, in the form of a
German song lyric doing the social media rounds. (Heard it on BBC World
Service so no links, sorry.)

Even more surprising for me - apparently a lot of other languages have a >>> word for it too. Funny old world.

You could have mentioned that it is 'Doobie scoot canoe',
for 'Du Bist Gut Genug',

Jan

That's almost scat singing. Alas, Ward Swingle is no more.

(a) That reminds me: I always heard "Bei mir, bist du schoen" as "My
dear Mister Shane".

(b) I've just been digitizing and restoring a Swingle Singers album
("Getting Romantic"). I immediately recognised the lead soprano (the
late Christiane Legrand) as the (dubbed) voice of Mme. Emery in the film
and on the soundtrack album of "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg". A very
plaintive and beautiful voice.
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On 14/06/2026 06:20 AM, Peter Moylan wrote:

On 14/06/26 12:13, Snidely wrote:

Saturday, J. J. Lodder observed:

You could have mentioned that it is 'Doobie scoot canoe', for 'Du
Bist Gut Genug',

That's almost scat singing. Alas, Ward Swingle is no more.

Now that you mention it, it's been many years since I last heard the
Single Swingers. A pity, I quite liked them.

You can still hear them if you've a mind to.

But avoid "Swingle II", a combination which actually sang the words.
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On 14/06/2026 08:21 AM, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote:

Den 14.06.2026 kl. 07.20 skrev Peter Moylan:

You could have mentioned that it is 'Doobie scoot canoe', for 'Du
Bist Gut Genug',

That's almost scat singing. Alas, Ward Swingle is no more.

Now that you mention it, it's been many years since I last heard the
Single Swingers. A pity, I quite liked them.

I tried to find them on YouTube but I only got naughty suggestions.

Spotify...
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Peter Moylan explained on 6/13/2026 :

On 14/06/26 12:13, Snidely wrote:

Saturday, J. J. Lodder observed:

You could have mentioned that it is 'Doobie scoot canoe', for 'Du
Bist Gut Genug',

That's almost scat singing. Alas, Ward Swingle is no more.

Now that you mention it, it's been many years since I last heard the
Single Swingers. A pity, I quite liked them.

The Swingle Singers have plenty of bits on YewTewb, both with Ward and
after he stopped performing with them (but still consulted).

/dps
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JNugent speculated:

On 14/06/2026 06:20 AM, Peter Moylan wrote:

On 14/06/26 12:13, Snidely wrote:

Saturday, J. J. Lodder observed:

You could have mentioned that it is 'Doobie scoot canoe', for 'Du
Bist Gut Genug',

That's almost scat singing. Alas, Ward Swingle is no more.

Now that you mention it, it's been many years since I last heard the
Single Swingers. A pity, I quite liked them.

You can still hear them if you've a mind to.

But avoid "Swingle II", a combination which actually sang the words.

Only for actual songs, and I'm okay with that.

<URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Jsxh81l7M> <URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXrN3B4JijU> <URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aPJhxDlCy4>

(I haven't found their version of "One Night In Bangkok", but there's
this other group:
<URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3jHv0GZB9U>
)

There are still "instrumentals" in their catalog,

<URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jidvqApyz-s> <URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyncwWxckjc> <URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vpMpks_hvw> <URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB13wLygO48>

including this very cinematic video of /Libertango/:

<URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uiG5jJavTU>

and they lasted much longer than the original. <URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK69zl19c0Y> <URL:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fnb8qvK0zX8>

(The original is sometimes "Les Swingles" from the French productions.)

<URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhEh3xb6VQI>

/dps "Ok, I'll let this go now"
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