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Comments on Puzzle #34757: Holiday Mondegreen
By Brian Bellis (mootpoint)

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#1: besmirched tea (Besmirched Tea) on Dec 24, 2020

Funny one!
#2: derby (Derby) on Dec 24, 2020 [HINT]
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#3: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Dec 24, 2020
Real lyric and artist?
#4: Donna McFarland (Baby Jade) on Dec 24, 2020
Fun to solve. Went from the bottom up and it all fell in place. Lost on the meaning. If #3 was a hint I'm not up on my music.
#5: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Dec 24, 2020
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by valerie.
#6: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Dec 24, 2020 [SPOILER]
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#7: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Dec 24, 2020 [HINT]
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#8: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Dec 24, 2020
I found it easy to solve but I don't know what "Police on the dot" means.
#9: Beep (Boop) on Dec 24, 2020
I want to wish you a merry Christmas from the back seat of my car.
#10: Nicole Pastor (Bearster) on Dec 25, 2020
Feliz Navidad
#11: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Dec 27, 2020 [HINT]
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#12: Koreen (mom24plus) on Jan 3, 2021
Thanks, Valerie. I couldn't figure it out. :)
#13: Gator (gator) on Jan 13, 2021 [HINT]
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#14: cathy mcweeney (catty) on Jan 26, 2023 [SPOILER]
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#15: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Jan 26, 2023
It's a black and white.
#16: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Jan 27, 2023
Hey Brian? I'm curious what song it is!
#17: Philip (Philip) on Jan 27, 2023 [HINT]
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#18: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Jan 27, 2023
Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8NcQzMQN_U
#19: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Jan 27, 2023
Oh! So I guessed right in #6. Cool!
#20: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Jan 28, 2023 [SPOILER]
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#21: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Jan 28, 2023
JoDeen: That's all I've got.
#22: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Jan 28, 2023
A mondegreen is the same as "misheard lyrics". A song in a foreign language is especially rife with mondegreens, as our brains try to make sense of the unfamiliar combinations of sounds. :)

An example for me was Peter Gabriel's "Games Without Frontiers". In it, Kate Bush sings "Jeux sans frontieres" which simply translates to "games without frontiers" in French, but I always thought she was singing "She's so popular."
#23: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Jan 29, 2023
Thank you both, Valerie and Kristen...I'm clear on that now...I just always like to nail everything down so I don't misunderstand lol...I don't like misunderstanding.
#24: Courtenay Footman (Courtenay) on Sep 12, 2024 [HINT]
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