Posted by Dave Thewlis on March 22, 2006 at 16:00:28 from 70.191.49.25 user dthewlis.
In Reply to: Re: Spelling was Contributors posted by Jim McDowell on March 21, 2006 at 21:43:59:
There is a very nice introduction to lyric mishearings, now called Mondegreens, on Wikipedia at Mondegreens.
Jon Carroll, a San Francisco Chronicle columnist, has written many articles on them over the years and appears to have been responsible for some general popularization.