In our review of mangled lines of prose and song sent into Merriam-Webster Online
during our mondegreen challenge, we were amazed by the number of strange characters we
encountered. People we had never heard of—and who do not exist—appeared at every turn. One
of the most popular folks was a gentleman named Richard Stands who popped up in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Instead of "And to the republic for which it stands," we were emailed many times with
the following mondegreen: "And to the republic, for Richard Stands."Click here to meet more mysterious people.
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