I work at a library. My favorite misremembered title is very recent. It's for the latest Barbara Kingsolver novel, Demon Copperhead. Ready? The patron very carefully pronounced Deacon Copperfield.
Mondegreen, lol! I love that word for misheard lyrics (from a poem: they laid him on the green). Titles are a hard nut to crack. My upcoming collection is called "Family and Other Ailments" ... with a very important subtitle, in case people think this is about kids getting sick and passing the flu to the rest of the family. The subtitle is: Crime stories close to home. Hopefully that'll clarify things, but I'm bracing myself for surprise interpretations anyway. Love this Lev!
I love this behind the senses story about naming our work. This would make a great led in to an article about “song lyrics: I thought it was this, but it was really that!”
I work at a library. My favorite misremembered title is very recent. It's for the latest Barbara Kingsolver novel, Demon Copperhead. Ready? The patron very carefully pronounced Deacon Copperfield.
Wonderful!
Mondegreen, lol! I love that word for misheard lyrics (from a poem: they laid him on the green). Titles are a hard nut to crack. My upcoming collection is called "Family and Other Ailments" ... with a very important subtitle, in case people think this is about kids getting sick and passing the flu to the rest of the family. The subtitle is: Crime stories close to home. Hopefully that'll clarify things, but I'm bracing myself for surprise interpretations anyway. Love this Lev!
Thanks, and that's a great title.
Glad you like it!
I love this story. Thanks.
Thanks for reading.
I love this behind the senses story about naming our work. This would make a great led in to an article about “song lyrics: I thought it was this, but it was really that!”
So true. I still remember my college friend who insisted the song was "I Need a New Truck" when it was of course "drug"