Like I said, it’s a regional thing. Over here in God’s Country (NYC and environs) Mary, Marry and Merry sound very, very different from each other. In other places, not so much.
I’m from the North East of England, and Harry is pronounced with a hard a, as in ‘hat’. As is ‘bath’. I certainly say it that way.
I guess if someone said “Hairy Potter” or “Prince Hairy” I would know what they meant. It would be a real affectation for me to say that, though.
Well, if it’s any consolation, I’m chucking at the thought of saying that I’m taking a “bahth”. 
Valete,
Vox Imperatoris
Are you gettin’ it?
Armegeddon it.
– Armageddon It, Def Leppard
That’s more of a mondegreen, isn’t it? (I wanna rock and roll all night, and *party *every day.)
Both **Porcupine Pie **and the **Crunchy Granola Suite **are deliberately goofy songs, which therefor do not qualify for stupid status.
That is all.
Lil’ Wayne, Dr. Carter:
Swagger tighter than a yeast infection /
Fly go hard like geese erection.
I win.
:eek:
I’m tempted to hand you the crown right now. Well, to the lyricists of this abomination, anyway.
Counting Crows - Holiday in Spain
Hop on my choo-choo, I’ll be your engine driver in a bunny suit,
If you dress me up in pink and white, I may be just a little funny about it later tonight…
WTF does that mean? Great song, but help me understa d
I love love love David Bowie - but the song “Shake It” off of the Let’s Dance album is a monstrosity.
WHAT THE FUCK, DAVID? YOU WERE OFF THE COKE ALREADY WHEN THIS ALBUM CAME OUT, YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE.
“Lovin’ things” is a Steve Perry-ism, I think, for “I cannot think of anything else to say here.” (IIRC, he wrote the lyrics for that song and the one below.)
For example, Journey’s Do You Recall:
Girl it’s the lovin’ things
That keep us wandering
Yes it’s the lovin’ things
Oh girl, say you’ll stay (or in another verse - Oh baby, never walk out)
Which, actually, is stupid in and of itself.
Although listening to Steve sing is enough to make me forget that he’s not actually saying anything at all…
Mary sounds like merry
Harry sounds like Barry
Mary and Harry do not rhyme.
Just noticed I’ve made not one on-topic post. So to fix that. . .
Wings’ Jet
I thought the major was a lady suffragette.
What reason would anyone have for uttering that sentence?
Merry and marry have fully merged in my dialect, meaning they sound exactly the same. That means merry and Barry rhyme, as do Mary and Harry.
Wow, I think you just summed up the entire Late '90s early 2000s, I got struck by the oddest sense of Nostalgia (yes, capital N!) listening to those. And that smile.dk song is gonna be in my head forever now…
Speaking of late 90s has anyone ACTUALLY listened to the lyrics to Blue?
While I love me some Eagles, this lyric drives me crazy:
I’m running doiwn the road, trying to loosen my load…
EWWWWWWWWWWW!
Among all its bad lyrics (it’s in the top ten among rock groups in this category) - Golden Earring’s She Flies On Strange Wings stands out:
Lonely is the night without you
Just as lonely as a shepherd without sheep
Romantic imagery at its finest.
How about Band of Horses?
I could sleep…I could sleep!
When I lived alone, is there a ghost in my house?
I don’t even want to begin pulling that apart. -_-;;
I haven’t heard that song, but the lyrics don’t seem *that *bad.
Valete,
Vox Imperatoris
I can’t stop laughing at this!