"I've had vagina for dinner..." coronation

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OK wtf, just watching coronation clips and at 03.10 it sound like the choir is singing "I've had vagina for dinner..."

Tell me I'm not the only one who hears it this way.

I went to both private and state schools.
i didn’t learn Latin at any of my schools but I did know what the choristers were supposed to be singing.
But the confident bellowing to Camilla that they’d had vagina for dinner had me sniggering for a very long time.

It’s possible to both know what something is and hear it in a completely different way. And sometimes those different ways can be funny to those of with an irreverent or puerile bent.

I was brought up as a Catholic when Mass was in Latin and was taught Latin at school so realised what it was. Can understand why it was misheard and find it amusing. It's very High Church though

@MrsTerryPratchett Lucky we don't rely on that now - imagine the impact of not being able to roll your r's.

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc.

The people could hear Vagina because of something to do with Charles and Tampax.

Not an expert but to me that's the difference between church/choral Latin and classroom Latin.

Agreed. Bit sad really.

I have to admit, that the chorus of Vivat Regina Camilla caught me off guard and made me feel a little emotional at the start of the service. I was taught Latin at a state school and have to be honest, it has stood me in good stead with languages, not least English! The staccato delivery from the boys just showed you what to expect from the amazing music throughout the coronation.

Correct (although résumé is). My point was that the language of the upper class was French. In the U.K. this started early due to the Normans but it persisted across Europe for a long time. This is why the motto of the monarchy (Dieu et mon droit) is French.

So much of this is the power of suggestion.

I watched it live and understood it as Vivat Carolus/Vivat Camilla.

I watched the clip above with the words I had vagina for dinner immediately above and it's what I heard.

It's like those instagram/tiktok videos that have a long list of stuff and say what you read is what you hear. It's true because some sounds sound similar.

ROFL

I think it is Regina pronounced Regyna (to rhyme with sky) as opposed to Regina pronounced Regeena as the Evil Queen in Once Upon A Time.

Yes

French was the Lingua Franca in the Eighteenth Century; Marie Antoinette's father never spoke German even though he lived in Austria for years.

There's a lot of videos on tiktok some heard different to others but they all heard the vagina bit. This one wide backed vagina Camilla.🤣🤣🤣

vm.tiktok.com/ZGJuwj8Gg/

Clear as a bell to me (admittedly I am a choral singer, but even so I think it's not easy to get 'vagina' out of that).

Was interested by the stress on 'Carolus' being on the first syllable.

I would have thought most adults would have heard Regina , as in ER, VR etc. (I’m a state educated northerner). After hearing Vivat Regina Camilla I wondered how they were going to fit Vivat Rex Charles in but, of course, he got his Latin name. I’m thinking some people just thought it would be amusing to say they misheard it as vagina- it isn’t really.

Omg! I’ve been laughing for 15mins non stop. DH thinks I’ve gone mad because I’m trying to explain, but can’t stop laughing. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

YOU MADE MY DAY OP!!

Probably not, likely just been swiped off social media where numerous variations have been doing the rounds ie "wipe that vagina Camilla".

I know the word Regina, not least because it's a city in Canada and I swear I heard wipe your vagina Camilla.

It's the blue/gold dress thing. If you heard it differently you think no one else could possibly do differently. But misheard lyrics are a thing all over. It exists in the world.

This.

So much of this is the power of suggestion.

Like the Peter Kay thing.

But you know that they're not going to be singing about vaginas!

Omg I can't unhear that now.

I understood it as well for those reasons and was able to immediately tell the people around me what had been sung and what it meant.

Then there are those who don’t live in the UK and never have done and despite being fluent in 3 languages they thought they had heard vagina.

Out of its context that short clip did make me chuckle actually OP, despite being one of the party who were made to take Latin at school from quite a young age.

I think the slightly aggressive tone of the choir really added something too.

I wondered what it was saying. It sounded to me like "why not Camilla? Why not. Why not? Why not? Why not Camilla?". Almost as if they were defending Camilla and saying why not her for Queen. I thought that it was some sort of defensive song in defence of Camilla.

This is sort of like a misheard song lyrics site where people say what they thought a song said. I am glad someone posted this thread. I haven't yet read the full thread but I was wondering why they were going overboard defending Camilla in song.

I am almost screeching laughing at that. The optics in my brain. Gah! Brain bleach someone, please!

The lack of knowledge about Regina shows we are all law abiding. When you are prosecuted it's the big 'R v Clareblue' meaning the Monarch is personally prosecuting me. I think it's all delegated but with Charles, you never know.