[Magdalen] Frivolous question

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, I'm not sure if it's the same thing, but there's a local newspaper feature called "Eugenia Last's Horoscope."  I ALWAYS read it at first as "Eugenia's Last Horoscope." Mind you, I don't read the column itself, but it's on the same page as the comics and crossword puzzle, so I see that title every day.

> On Jul 25, 2015, at 7:17 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> We all know that when you mis-hear something and turn it into something
> else that might make sense to you, it's called a "mondegreen", from the old
> Scottish ballad about the Earl of Moray. But what, I ask, could it be
> called when you misread something and it looks that way to you forever
> after?
> 
> Many years ago, so long ago that there were still vinyl LPs, I was looking
> through some in a record store and came across something or other of Ralph
> Vaughan Williams' compositions in which the orchestra was conducted by
> Simon Standage, which I read "Simon Soundstage", for no accountable reason.
> Ever since then, every time I see or hear his name, I automatically think,
> "Simon Soundstage" and want to giggle. It's a sort of visual mondegreen and
> I think there ought to be a name for it. I do this kind of thing a fair
> amount, usually when I read something kind of out of the corner of my eye
> or when I'm not giving full attention to it. Anyone else?