Much-misunderstood Lady Mondegreen
"I watched you suffer, a dalek in pain . . ." When I heard Mick Jagger drawl those words in the Rolling Stones version of Wild Horses, I was momentarily jolted by the Doctor Who reference. A dalek in pain would not be a nice thing to witness, I imagined. Then reality intervened and I realised the words I'd mis-heard were "a dull aching pain". Which made more sense but was far less picturesque. I had, of course, experienced a mondegreen. Just in case you are one of the few people in the English-speaking world who…