My girlfriend's name is Brae. This is her mouth. Amazing things happen when it gets hold of the English language.

Resembling at various times Reverend Spooner, The Bard and a Japanese novelty t-shirt, she is an endless wellspring of linguistic gems and curiosities.

What follows in an attempt to catalogue Brae's unique, creative and often baffling relationship with the spoken word.


Wednesday, August 4, 2010

My First Retraction

I think my last post deserves a retraction of sorts. It seems that there actually is a Beastie Boys song with lyrics about buying Ale."

I, of course, was thinking of the song "Time to Get Ill" from their debut License to Ill, but "Hold it Now, Hit It" from the same album contains the line "What time is it/It's time to buy Ale."

Brae was combining the two, but this wasn't the mondegreen I thought it was and not nearly as far-fetched as most of Brae's vernacular.

In fact, she kinda schooled me.
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3 comments:

  1. FlapjacksAugust 4, 2010 at 9:36 AM

    Brae's dear friend Nina gets credit for spotting this one.

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  2. NiNa*August 4, 2010 at 9:48 AM

    I'd like to thank my years of Beastie Boys obsession.

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  3. ShiversAugust 4, 2010 at 1:26 PM

    I'd just like to say that I used "I've a wedgie the size of Damascus" yesterday cos I think its brilliant and all thanks goes to Brae :)

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