In the Philippines, my cousin once told me that the chorus for "Too Legit to Quit" was actually "Bulate sa Puwet," which in Filipino translated to "Worm in the Butt." For years I thought that was what MC Hammer said.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to think the lyrics to "Too Legit To Quit" were "Do the flip, do the tootsie flip"— cassie
- I use to believe that I could understand what my cat was thinking/saying. So I translated for about 2 years.— Cat Speaker
- My cousin's mom told my cousin that pop makes you short. He probably believed it.— Molly
- I used to believe that anyone speaking a foreign language translated it into english in their head— galen
- I used to believe that foreigners' ears translated English words to their own languageAnon
- I used to believe that you could quit smoking by eating cold turkey:)— Loren