The Weight of Glory – C. S. Lewis (1980)
Lewis was talking about things a lot more profound than what was conjured up in my mind when I read this. All I could think about was the scenario of the mispronunciation of words, made infamous by Ronnie Barker (1929-2005), spoonerisms as perfected by Stanley Unwin (1911-2002) and the fact that my dyslexic mind so often reads and hears things completely differently from what was intended.
The bible has often been misquoted.
‘For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evils’ (Timothy 6:10) is often misquoted as … Money is the root of all evil.
"He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him." (Proverbs 13:24) is more commonly phrased as, Spare the rod, and spoil the child.
‘Cleanliness is next to godliness’ and ‘God moves in mysterious ways’… although well-known and used liberally, neither relate to any reference within the bible.
To return to comedy and misquotation, Dave Allen (1939-2005) the satirist once said that a good storyteller doesn’t let facts get in the way. He told the tail of him as a young boy thinking that her misheard the last word said as a coffin was lowered as, ‘In the name of the father, the son and into the hole he goes.’