>
> >
> > There's a line in the film when Marta says "My
> name is Marta, it's my birthday on tuesday and I
> want a pink parasol" and my sister and my mum were
> convinced and still are convinced that she said
> "My name is Marta, it's my birthday on tuesday and
> I want a pink pair of socks"
> >
> > Preposterous. Actually, I think you had to be
> there.
> >
> > Sorry
> >
> > Lizzie
> > x
>
> I find that terribly annoying when someone
> whispers or mumbles a line in a movie and it's
> hard to decipher what it is they're actually
> saying. Unfortunately, the director doesn't catch
> it since he's too close to the project; he already
> knows the line, so it sounds decipherable to him.
> That's something that could and should be
> corrected in pre-screenings. I know there has
> been many times when I've been watching a movie, a
> line is delivered, and my wife leans over and
> asks, "What did he say?" only to have me reply, "I
> don't know."


Yeah. Songs like that are called mondegreens, at least by my local newspaper.

In one song people thought they said "And they took the Duke of Something and laid him on the green"

But The real words were "And they took the Duke of Something and Lady Mondigreen.