Saturday, June 25, 2005

More Mumblings

Warning: Boring Expanation - if you don't want to read it just skip to the mumblings below

Often times what peope intend to say and what the listener hears are 2 different things. Usually this is corrected by people's brains translating confusing mumbles into coherent sentences.
Sometimes those translations are accurate, sometimes not so much so. Consider some misquotes by the media and others that are unintentional (although many times they are intentional). For those who's brains don't translate as well due to hearing problems, or their having trained their brain to catch those "mumblings" it can lead to some interesting consequences. So here are some of the more interesting "mumblings" i've heard recently.

What i hear:
"It has a frog detection system"
What was supposedly said:
"It has a fraud protection system"

What i hear:
"My foot is target and i got a sticker on it"
What was supposedly said:
"But i worked really hard to get the sticker off it"

What i hear:
"(incomprehensible mumbles)... grandpa on the back of her head"
What was supposedly said:
"It looked like she had something on the back of her head"

What i hear:
"We should call her and ask her if she got picked up by a straying can"
What was supposedly said:
"We should call her and tell her she'll get picked up by a strange man"

2 comments:

Tammy said...

Hi there Jay,
It has been a long time and I just wanted you to know that I read your blog and it is great. Can't wait to read more.
I have a blog spot too. I will send you the spot so you can look at mine if you aren't already.

Tammy said...

oh you are welcome.
I have been wanting to keep in touch but with all the stuff going on it is kind of hard.
I am glad that we can leave notes at least. Keep in Touch...
:) love ya old friend