Baby Got Back: Song Analysis

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I chose the song Baby Got Back because i thought the words mixed up were very funny. Instead of hearing the words “I like big butts and I cannot lie”, people heard “I like big butts in a can of limes.” I t is really funny to think about the words and how similar they sound ("I like big butts in a can of limes” n.p.). Another song I chose was Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love. Listeners heard the lyrics as “Ain't Taco Bell love.” Since I love food I though it was an appropriate one to choose ("Ain't Taco Bell love”, n.p.). Both these songs create a phonological illusion. Some words have similar phonemes, the human minds can sometimes register different than what they really are. In class we discussed how words are linked together. Sometimes this causes

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