Date:  Tue, 19 Sep 1995 05:59:24 -0500

From:  Natalie Maynor <maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

Subject: Re: Mondegreens



> If you say pyulitzer, you would never have misheard the prize as "Pullet

     ^^^                  ^^^^^

> Surprise." Guess this whole thing didn't make much sense, then.



I say pyulitzer but don't have any trouble recognizing pullitzer as a

yankee variation of the same word. So "pullet surprise" works fine.

  --Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)