I’ll go get the vodka

Posted by on Jun 1, 2015 in I'll have what she's having, Mishearing, Mondegreen, Social Influence, Social Learning | No Comments

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Following on from the recent post about mishearing lyrics (Mondegreens) , I stumbled over the related phenomenon of Soramimi – mishearing across language barrier.

Surely the only explanation for the popularity in the former USSR of the otherwise execrable Smokie is that their ditty, “What can I do?” has a line that sounds to Russian ears like:

“Vodku naidu (Водку найду) = “I shall find some vodka”.

Yessireebob, copying is good. Smokie less so (are there really 3 CDs of the best of…?)

Have you got a soramimi to share?