AP Gets to the Bottom of Christmas Songs 'Mondegreens'

Any AP story that requires interviews with the co-owner of an East Village karaoke bar and the co-host of a public radio show about the English language is absolutely fine by our Christmas carol songbook.

The delightful item, by entertainment and lifestyles reporter Leanne Italie, is all about “mondegreens,” a term used to describe the usually very funny instances of people mishearing song lyrics like “9 Ladies Dancing” (from “The Twelve Days of Christmas”) as “9 Lazy Hansons.”

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