My embarrassing reading comprehension fail
My embarrassing reading comprehension fail
I thought some of you might get a laugh from this.
A couple of months ago after playing a set at the session, someone asked what the tune name was. I responded “The Maid of Monte Crisco.” I was quickly corrected with “it’s feckin Mount Kisco!”
That’s when I realized I’d been mentally thinking of it wrong for many years. An embarrassing moment for sure! I guess I’d always just glanced at the name and mentally filled that last part in with what’s familiar from literature. :
I spent the rest of the night wondering if my session mates thought I was an idiot.
A couple of months ago after playing a set at the session, someone asked what the tune name was. I responded “The Maid of Monte Crisco.” I was quickly corrected with “it’s feckin Mount Kisco!”
That’s when I realized I’d been mentally thinking of it wrong for many years. An embarrassing moment for sure! I guess I’d always just glanced at the name and mentally filled that last part in with what’s familiar from literature. :
I spent the rest of the night wondering if my session mates thought I was an idiot.
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Re: My embarrassing reading comprehension fail
W-e-l-l, you certainly provided a little innocent amusement The more common fail is to pronounce it 'Sisco'. Mount Kisko is a village and town in Westchester County, New York state. Dunno why people persist in spelling it 'Cisco'.
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Re: My embarrassing reading comprehension fail
Could have been worse. At least I never accidentally said a tune was called My Darling’s a Sheep.
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I always call it "My Darling's a Sheep". I also play "The Flying Toad". Ooh, and ... um ... "Vanish My ... " something or other ...Thomaston wrote:Could have been worse. At least I never accidentally said a tune was called My Darling’s a Sheep.
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My session group also jokes consistently about “My darling’s a sheep”. So it is nice to know that seems like a wide spread joke.
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Aw, c'mon; you can say it. Around these parts some say "Varnish". I like your "Vanish" better, though; then you could call the tune "The Mohel" . But I call it "The Spanish Misfortune"; got that from a kid who misheard me. I like it; it sounds like a venereal pox. Then there's "The Chinese Chickens", which was an actual mishearing on my own part .benhall.1 wrote:Ooh, and ... um ... "Vanish My ... " something or other ...
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I love mangled tune names; I've probably got a million of 'em. I will be eternally grateful to the green young fellow who pronounced "The Kesh" as "The Quiche".
"The Flying Toad"? I'm drawing a blank.
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One chap round here delights in mangled names:
- Cuffs of Mohair
- Kick the quaker
- She Begs For More
Maybe these are moe widely known....
- Cuffs of Mohair
- Kick the quaker
- She Begs For More
Maybe these are moe widely known....
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One does not equal two. Not even for very large values of one.
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Very prevalent, that one.DrPhill wrote:- She Begs For More
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The Jar of SlugsDrPhill wrote:One chap round here delights in mangled names:
- Cuffs of Mohair
- Kick the quaker
- She Begs For More
Maybe these are moe widely known....
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How about if I said that the second word was "tide"?Nanohedron wrote:"The Flying Toad"? I'm drawing a blank.
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh! Of course. Just flip the vowels around.benhall.1 wrote:How about if I said that the second word was "tide"?Nanohedron wrote:"The Flying Toad"? I'm drawing a blank.
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Well, is there a Mount Kisco sandwich? Is there?Thomaston wrote:I thought some of you might get a laugh from this.
A couple of months ago after playing a set at the session, someone asked what the tune name was. I responded “The Maid of Monte Crisco.” I was quickly corrected with “it’s feckin Mount Kisco!”
No? Then Monte Cristo wins. Any proper, gigging musician would understand this.
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Then there's the old favorite 'The Berries of Dingle'.
Mount Crisco? I think I spent a week there one night.
Mount Crisco? I think I spent a week there one night.
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I've always liked the Star of Munster aka Fred Gwynne's favorite.
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Nothing to be embarrassed about as I have butchered many names innocently and intentionally. Often I'll hesitate in asking a tune's name because I know that everyone in the session will just shrug their shoulders don't know.Thomaston wrote:An embarrassing moment for sure! I guess I’d always just glanced at the name and mentally filled that last part