The "Chester Droors" question goes deeper than the average Mondegreen...

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The Story of Chester Drawers
Allison Burkette
American Speech 76.2 (2001) 139-157

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David W. Marlow, Ph.D.
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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dick Veit
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 9:30 AM
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Subject: Re: Mondegreens

One of my comp students wrote about his girlfriend, whose framed picture he lovingly kept atop his "Chester droors." [chest of drawers]

Another told me of the prayer she recited each night as a child:

Now I lay me down to sleep.
I pray the Lord my soda key.
If I should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soda cake.  [soul to keep, soul to take]
Dick Veit
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