Rob Ford's Toronto

[L23]

mondegreen - a series of words resulting from the mishearing of a statement or a song lyric; Sylvia Wright is credited with coining the neologism in a 1954 Harper magazine column (for years, she thought that the line of a Scots folk song was "and Lady Mondegreen" when in fact it is "and laid him on the green")

So, what should one call it when the phrase results from the application of spell-check or auto-correct?

When I used to DJ, I had a woman keep asking me for "Attila the Monster." I kept telling her I didn't have it, even though she'd sworn that I'd played it a few weeks previously. Eventually she wrote it down for me so I'd remember to look for it at home (since I obviously had it there, what with having played it before).

"Attila the Monster by Stiff Little Fingers"

Eventually I found it:

[video=youtube;4C5e346QvRQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C5e346QvRQ[/video]

 

[JWBF]

It's actually spelled "idiumb" FYI

Uhhuh, yaaaah, ok.

It's hard to keep track of who's in on things but "for all intensive purposes" has become a running gag here. Notice "intensive" was highlighted in a different colour in the original post.

No, I didn't actually, my bad.

mondegreen - a series of words resulting from the mishearing of a statement or a song lyric; Sylvia Wright is credited with coining the neologism in a 1954 Harper magazine column (for years, she thought that the line of a Scots folk song was "and Lady Mondegreen" when in fact it is "and laid him on the green")

So, what should one call it when the phrase results from the application of spell-check or auto-correct?

Urban Dictionary has this entry:

Auto-Correct Fail
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Auto-Correct Fail

 

[vic]

One question: what's with all the grinning cyclists at Ford Fest? Don't they know it's their own fault if they get killed at the end of the day?

Funny you should ask! I wrote a bit here: http://dandyhorsemagazine.com/blog/2013/09/25/ford-fest-features-burgers-and-bikes/

-Vic
PS... LOL at Soknacki comment.

 

[casita]

I'm planning to go, and hope to take some good photos. Ford Fest Etobicoke was fun last year.

I used to see this fellow when I was on the T-EMS Honour Guard. Never had a chance to speak to him:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/vgedris/9927567553/in/set-72157635709800245

 

[vic]

When I used to DJ, I had a woman keep asking me for "Attila the Monster." I kept telling her I didn't have it, even though she'd sworn that I'd played it a few weeks previously. Eventually she wrote it down for me so I'd remember to look for it at home (since I obviously had it there, what with having played it before).

"Attila the Monster by Stiff Little Fingers"

Eventually I found it:

[video=youtube;4C5e346QvRQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C5e346QvRQ[/video]

Haha!!! I will forever call it that now.

 

[vic]

I used to see this fellow when I was on the T-EMS Honour Guard. Never had a chance to speak to him:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/vgedris/9927567553/in/set-72157635709800245

That's the only time I've ever met him, but I keep seeing him show up in the media's photos around City Hall.

 

[casita]

That's the only time I've ever met him, but I keep seeing him show up in the media's photos around City Hall.

I remember seeing him at the military repatriations when the morgue was on Grenville St. ( Now closed. )

I wasn't at very many of them, but every time I went he was faithfully there.

This city has some very interesting people!

To add: Vic, I see you have some wonderful photos of various events! Very nice.

Honest Ed's, TTC, fires etc.

 

[pud99]

Auto-Correct Fail

I'm thinking we need a single word, and not something so literally descriptive. (But I am stumped, at the moment anyway.)

 

[TOBorn]

I'm thinking we need a single word, and not something so literally descriptive. (But I am stumped, at the moment anyway.)

Coin a linguist? Fits right in with anything Ford.

 

[pud99]

Coin a linguist? Fits right in with anything Ford. 

Ha. But we need a noun. (What would be the outcome of having a coinalinguist work over a phrase?)

 

[wheeler98]

Ha. But we need a noun. (What would be the outcome of having a coinalinguist work over a phrase?)

Cacography.....

 

[JWBF]

I'm thinking we need a single word, and not something so literally descriptive. (But I am stumped, at the moment anyway.)

If we are talking about Robbie then Facctual (F = Ford and ACC for, well the ACC - meaning: Ford "facts" about public events that he attends as a "private citizen")

Or something about like that.

 

[r937]

rob ford turbo tax commercial (youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OL2nmTRgUs

 

[guy caballero]

If we are talking about Robbie then Facctual (F = Ford and ACC for, well the ACC - meaning: Ford "facts" about public events that he attends as a "private citizen")

Or something about like that.

Facctual almost suggests pure lies in this case. lol

Thought this word might describe Rob Fords public persona during his "private time" Oxy-moron
Ya know like oxycontin ,etc....

Just need to 'put the dots together'.

 

[sublime]

Don Peat tweeted an agenda for the campaign launch. Since apparently no-one took the bait last time I gotta ask, "Who's the band? Does it include Jenny James?"