tiffanytwisted
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Feb 16, 2016 20:30:38 GMT
Does anyone ever 'mis-hear' things?
I swear, every time that Belvita commercial comes on, I think they're saying Velveeta. I'm usually only half listening and I hear them babbling about some breakfast biscuit and then I hear 'Velveeta' and my head pops up because I can't imagine a cheesy cookie. And then I see the actual name. Happens every time.
Yesterday I heard the commercial for Larabar and I swear I thought they said 'larva'. Once again, I'm thinking "Ewwww!" And then I look and see what it really is. But is sure sounds like 'larva'.
Between this and the bumping into furniture, I'm thinking a trip to the neurologist might be in my future . . .
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Post by Grom Pea on Feb 16, 2016 20:40:07 GMT
I totally hear Velveeta every time I hear belvita.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Feb 16, 2016 20:40:33 GMT
it took me the longest time to figure out the name was Bell-veeta instead of Velveeta, too!! I could never figure out why someone would want to eat that for breakfast!!  I do that sort of thing all the time, if I'm only halfways paying attention to something, so it's not just you. (then again, maybe you should book me an appt. with your neurologist, too!) |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 20:40:35 GMT
I also always hear Velveeta!
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Post by littlemama on Feb 16, 2016 20:43:25 GMT
Velveeta for sure.
There is another one that ends with a guy singing "Morning Win" - we hear it as "Morning Wood". We have dirty minds in our house!
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Post by bc2ca on Feb 16, 2016 20:52:45 GMT
Well, I did hear one Top Chef contestant describe another as "a racist" last week when, after further review, I accept that he said "abrasive" (but I swear I still can't hear the "b").
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tiffanytwisted
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Feb 16, 2016 21:00:48 GMT
Oh thank goodness, it's not just me! Love you ladies!  it took me the longest time to figure out the name was Bell-veeta instead of Velveeta, too!! I could never figure out why someone would want to eat that for breakfast!!  I do that sort of thing all the time, if I'm only halfways paying attention to something, so it's not just you. (then again, maybe you should book me an appt. with your neurologist, too!) Maybe we can get a group rate. Velveeta for sure. There is another one that ends with a guy singing "Morning Win" - we hear it as "Morning Wood". We have dirty minds in our house! Now that's funny! |
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Post by shescrafty on Feb 16, 2016 21:00:56 GMT
There was a commercial for a Dairy Queen ice cream cake called the "Cupid" cake. Everytime I heard it I would swear they called it the PUBIC cake!
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Post by iluvpink on Feb 16, 2016 21:30:37 GMT
It took me forever to realize that commercial wasn't about Velveeta breakfast biscuits. The thought of that made me nauseous lol. I was glad to know I was wrong.
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Post by Zee on Feb 16, 2016 21:32:33 GMT
Velveeta for sure. There is another one that ends with a guy singing "Morning Win" - we hear it as "Morning Wood". We have dirty minds in our house! Haha, to me it always sounds like "morning wind" and I keep thinking it's his first fart of the day. |
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Post by peasapie on Feb 16, 2016 21:33:30 GMT
All the time. It's usually song lyrics, which my kids find very amusing.
Do you remember that comedian Norm Crosby? He always used to use the wrong word for things.
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tiffanytwisted
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Feb 16, 2016 21:53:07 GMT
Oh I could do pages on song lyrics. My sister is notorious in our family for that.
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Post by anxiousmom on Feb 16, 2016 23:05:00 GMT
Velveeta for sure. There is another one that ends with a guy singing "Morning Win" - we hear it as "Morning Wood". We have dirty minds in our house! There is (was) a Diary Queen commercial for a Valentine's Day Red Velvet Cupid Cake that I swear I keep hearing them say Red Velvet PUBIC Cake. I think I may a bit of a dirty mind too. |
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Post by gar on Feb 16, 2016 23:07:03 GMT
There's a curry sauce advert on tv for a brand called Patak's. The voiceover is a young Indian boy and I swear with his accent that he sounds like he's saying Buttocks every time:grin:
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 16, 2016 23:08:57 GMT
I totally hear Velveeta every time I hear belvita.  For the longest time, I could have sworn they were saying Velveeta! I couldn't figure out why anyone would want to eat a fake cheese breakfast bar...  |
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Post by quiltz on Feb 16, 2016 23:44:46 GMT
Perhaps an appointment to get your hearing checked is in order.
Lots of people are slowly getting deaf with all the loud music / noise that is everywhere.
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Post by NanaKate on Feb 17, 2016 0:35:17 GMT
The other day we had two IT people in our office trying to resolve a problem. I was on the phone and just as I hung up, I thought I heard one say to the other "Go to 'HELL!'" I was wondering where that conversation had gone South when I realized what he actually said to the the other person - who was trying to pull up something on a laptop - was "go to 'HELP'"...they thought that was hilarious!
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Post by littlemama on Feb 17, 2016 2:43:37 GMT
Perhaps an appointment to get your hearing checked is in order. Lots of people are slowly getting deaf with all the loud music / noise that is everywhere. Has nothing to do with hearing, it has to do with perception and filling in a familiar word for an unfamiliar word. Belvita is nothing most people have heard of. Velveeta is, so the brain fills in the word it knows. Morning win is not a phrase that people commonly use. Morning wood is familiar to many people (in more ways than one lol), so the brain fills that in for the unfamiliar phrase. |
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Post by lancermom on Feb 17, 2016 2:52:03 GMT
I volunteer at an arena for concerts, hockey and stuff. The head of security looks like Ashton Kutcher, but has a high Whiney voice. At one meeting I swear he said -if you do drugs you will get fired. Well duh!! I laughed so hard. Nope, he said "If you yell gun you will get fired.". Ok, makes a little more sense.
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For the longest time, I could have sworn they were saying Velveeta! I couldn't figure out why anyone would want to eat a fake cheese breakfast bar... 
