Do you ever hear something on the radio and completely misinterpret what was said? There are loads of websites dedicated to misheard lyrics. I think it has got worse since they have started speeding things up to get more words in. If you speed up a tape, the voices get higher, and sound like chipmunks. [try watching YouTube instruction videos at x2 speed - it saves a lot of time [try watching YouTube instruction videos at x2 speed - it saves a lot of time] But on the radio it is all done digitally and the pitch is kept at the same level, so the same voice sounds faster.
A parked car meant I could only see the top half of the poster, which read "Your taller in heaven..."
"Hmmph!"I thought, "that should be You're, not your." And then I thought "Why will I be taller in heaven?" OK, I admit 4'11½ is a little on the short side- but will Bob be taller too? surely 6'4 is big enough?" At which point I realised that the flowing script actually said
Your Father in heaven...
I must go back sometime and check out the rest of the poster!
Maybe I should've gone to Specsavers
I can never hear lyrics. Someone was asking me what I thought of the musical Hamilton and I said I found it difficult because I just can't hear what the lyrics were in the rap parts and I was tired anyway so I found it exhausting and relentless when they weren't singing. I thought it was very clever and I loved the songs but the rap just grated on me in the end for that reason.
ReplyDeleteI watched it [on TV] when I was over tired. About 75% of the way through I realised I had completely lost the plot
DeleteVery funny - but oh so true! :-)
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DeleteToo funny! :D I'm definitely getting to be hard of hearing!
ReplyDeleteWe have sometimes used the closed captioning on Britbox when watching something with a strong dialect that is not one we have had connections with. I use the CC also when I'm watching something and want to keep the sound low so as not to disturb DH if he is in his office nearby. But I have come across the weirdest transcriptions and I feel sorry for anyone who relies on them because of hearing problems!
ReplyDeleteOh ! You made me chuckle today ! 🦋
ReplyDeleteBear and I are quite addicted to the Breakfast Serial, around 7.25am each weekday morning on Classic FM. I'm always astounded as they read the Ts&Cs in the adverts and I always wondered how they spoke so fast.
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