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Glenn Ingersoll's avatar

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.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

Wonderful!

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M.E. Proctor's avatar

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!

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Lev Raphael's avatar

Thanks, and that's a great title.

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M.E. Proctor's avatar

Glad you like it!

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Susan Oleksiw's avatar

I love this story. Thanks.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

Thanks for reading.

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Chris Bodor's avatar

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!”

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Lev Raphael's avatar

So true. I still remember my college friend who insisted the song was "I Need a New Truck" when it was of course "drug"

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