Doncha Know...
Apparently I'm good at doing accents. Who knew?
Just on a whim (and because it's my livejournal and I can do with it whatever I choose), I've decided to share this little anecdote with you. See, when I was a kid, one of my favorite songs was Mairzy Doats. I thought it was so clever how it was nonsense words put together to make phonemes that sounded like real words. Actually, I still think it's pretty cool! Hahaha...anyway, I thought I'd try and see what would happen if I tried to write out the lyrics, and then if I looked them up and found how the words are really spelled. Yeah, it's that exciting for me too. Well, here goes!
Mairzy doats
an doezy doats
an littlamzy divey
akiddle eadiveytoo, wouldn't you?
Oh
Mairzy doats
an doezy doats
an littlamzy divey
akiddle eadiveytoo, wouldn't you?
If the words sound queer
and funny to your ear
a little bit jumbled and jivey
sing, "Mares eat oats,
and does eat oats,
and little lambs eat ivy."
Oh
Mairzy doats
an doezy doats
an littlamzy divey
akiddle eadiveytoo, wouldn't you?
akiddle eadiveytoo, wouldn't you?
So, how close did I come to the real thing? Let's Google!!
gunteranderson.com says:
Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you
Yes, Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you
If the words sound queer and funny to your ear
A little bit jumbled and jivey
Sing, "Mares eat oats and does eat oats
And little lambs eat ivy"
Oh, Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you
A kid'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you
I'm trusting Gunther W. Anderson as my trusted source on this one. Hey, I have to say, my attempt wasn't half bad. Not exactly good, but not bad. Kudos to me.
Just on a whim (and because it's my livejournal and I can do with it whatever I choose), I've decided to share this little anecdote with you. See, when I was a kid, one of my favorite songs was Mairzy Doats. I thought it was so clever how it was nonsense words put together to make phonemes that sounded like real words. Actually, I still think it's pretty cool! Hahaha...anyway, I thought I'd try and see what would happen if I tried to write out the lyrics, and then if I looked them up and found how the words are really spelled. Yeah, it's that exciting for me too. Well, here goes!
Mairzy doats
an doezy doats
an littlamzy divey
akiddle eadiveytoo, wouldn't you?
Oh
Mairzy doats
an doezy doats
an littlamzy divey
akiddle eadiveytoo, wouldn't you?
If the words sound queer
and funny to your ear
a little bit jumbled and jivey
sing, "Mares eat oats,
and does eat oats,
and little lambs eat ivy."
Oh
Mairzy doats
an doezy doats
an littlamzy divey
akiddle eadiveytoo, wouldn't you?
akiddle eadiveytoo, wouldn't you?
So, how close did I come to the real thing? Let's Google!!
gunteranderson.com says:
Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you
Yes, Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you
If the words sound queer and funny to your ear
A little bit jumbled and jivey
Sing, "Mares eat oats and does eat oats
And little lambs eat ivy"
Oh, Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you
A kid'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you
I'm trusting Gunther W. Anderson as my trusted source on this one. Hey, I have to say, my attempt wasn't half bad. Not exactly good, but not bad. Kudos to me.