The UnderToad

Many people collect musical lyrics that have been misheard. Here we look at the related case of words or phrases that have been misheard and reinterpreted.

• anecdote

  Like so many reboots, remakes, revamps, there was no need for more Bill S. Preston, Esq. or Ted Theodore Logan but, as it turns out, Bill & Ted Face the Music was the perfect anecdote for 2020.

  Staff writers, Gizmodo, "The 12 Best and 6 Worst Genre Movies of 2020", 29 December 2020.
• clear story

  We have painted the steel, but you can still see that the structure is celebrated," said Welch. "The light comes in from the clear story windows."

  Pittsburgh's WPXI web page, 24 November 2020.
• power mower

  Meanwhile, Richard Parker Bowles, brother of Camilla's ex-husband Andrew, said that from the beginning Camilla approved of Charles' marrying Diana, while she remained his power mower.

  Richmond Times-Dispatch.
• tragic tree

  "My book follows the tragic tree of each person's life"

  overheard on a BBC radio program.
• UnderToad, the word "undertow", misunderstood by a child in "The World Acccording to Garp".