Sung Speech Intelligibility
Below, are included YouTube links to the mishearing samples presented in Section 2.2.
Adele - Someone Like You
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| Type | Text | Pronunciation |
|---|
| Misheard | Sometimes it laughs in love, but sometimes it hurts in spades | L AE F S |
| Real | Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead | L AE S T |
Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen
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| Type | Text | Pronunciation |
|---|
| Misheard | Just like a wide window… | W AY D . W IH N D OW . |
| Real | Just like a white winged dove… | W AY T . W IH NG D . D AH V . |
Survivor - Eye of the tiger
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| type | Text | Pronunciation |
|---|
| Misheard | And the last known survivor stocks his bread in the night | S T AA K S . HH IH Z . B R EH D . |
| Real | And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night | S T AO K S . HH IH Z . P R EY . |
R.E.M - Losing My Religion
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| Type | Text | Pronunciation |
|---|
| Misheard | That’s me in the spa, like Losing my religion | S P AA . L AY K . |
| Real | That’s me in the spotlight, Losing my religion | S P AA T L AY T . |
Toto - Africa
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| Type | Text | Pronunciation |
|---|
| Misheard | I bless the grains down in Africa | G R EY N Z . |
| Real | I bless the rains down in Africa | R EY N Z . |
Genesis - Invisible Touch
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| Type | Text | Pronunciation |
|---|
| Misheard | She seems to have an invisible top shelf | T AA P . SH EH L F . |
| Real | She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah | T AH CH . Y AE . |
David Bowie - Cracked Actor
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| Type | Text | Pronunciation |
|---|
| Misheard | Crack, baby, crack, show me your rear | Y AO R . R IH R . |
| Real | Crack, baby, crack, show me you’re real | Y UH R . R IY L . |
Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise
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| Type | Text | Pronunciation |
|---|
| Misheard | Is that you baby, or just a brick in disguise? | AH . B R IH K . IH N . D IH S G AY Z . |
| Real | Is that you baby, or just a brilliant disguise? | AH . B R IH L Y AH N T . D IH S G AY Z . |
Walk The Moon - Shut Up and Dance
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| Type | Text | Pronunciation |
|---|
| Misheard | Shut up that duck with me | DH AE T . D AH K . |
| Real | Shut up and dance with me | AH N D . D AE N S . |