No longer just a casualty of the karaoke bar, the Word Nerd explains mondegreens. (Illustration by Emily Sicilia)

Word Nerd

Don’t forget the mondegreens

Have you ever heard that Celine Dion song that goes “the hot dogs go on?” Or perhaps that classic Christmas carol about Rudolph and “Olive, the other reindeer?”

Story

Postscript Annual Short Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction contest

Original entries must be submitted to the Journal house at 190 University Ave. by February 29, 2009 at 4 p.m. or by e-mail to journal_postscript@ams.queensu.ca

Previously in Postscript

February 2, 2009

Science students head into the woods

Once upon the 1940s, some 50 kilometers north of Kingston on the shores of Lake Opinicon, the Queen’s University Biological Station (QUBS) was built.

January 29, 2009

‘My child could have done this’

There’s a very funny episode of Rugrats, which depicts Tommy’s dad, Stu, taking the babies to an art museum.

January 26, 2009

Welcoming the year of the ox

Although the Year of the Ox started off here with a ring (fire alarms at the JDUC) rather than a bang, the celebration hosted by five Chinese cultural clubs at Queen’s was a success.

January 23, 2009

Lowering prices—but at what cost?

I’ve visited Starbucks three times within the past week.

January 19, 2009

Spending a hard day’s night on campus

It is 3:15 a.m. in the JDUC on Thursday, January 15.