Dionne Warwick

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Dionne Warwick's, "Alfie"

The Misheard Lyrics:

And if ugly fools are kind, Alfie

The Real Lyrics:

And if only fools are kind, Alfie

The Story: For a long time I thought it said 'ugly fools are kind', an idea arising from a thought that ugliness makes people need to be humble, and therefore kinder than good-looking people, who can afford to be more proud. - Submitted by: Trina Lufkin

Dionne Warwick's, "Alfie"

The Misheard Lyrics:

Is it just for a moment we live?

The Real Lyrics:

Is it just for the moment we live?

The Story: What a difference an article can make! For years I heard this like the misheard version above, and thought the line to be a hyperbole on the brevity of the human lifespan. Recently realizing that the actual words are 'for the moment', not 'for a monent', I realized that the message is altogether different from what I thought. Living 'for the moment' has nothing to do with the length of life, but refers to living for now as if the past and future didn't matter. Seeing how much difference a change of article makes here, I got to wondering how these meanings would be expressed in languages that don't have articles. - Submitted by: Trina Lufkin

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