Good 'translations'

hoi polloi: We could never rid our mum of the belief that this meant 'the great and the good', instead of the opposite!

Et lux perpetua - every time I sing it I think of it as my own private prayer. Only my version is 'keep me in perpetual luxury'. The alternative is 'keep me in soap forever'.

I'm attracting a lot of attention here as I'm laughing out loud as each brilliant mistranslation is followed by another. Delicious. My sort of humour. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

Lederhosen and Mardi Gras!

J'y suis and j'y reste – I'm Swiss and I'm staying the night?

Bossa Nova

Magnum opus..,. Hahahahaha!!

I enjoyed that. I do think of these with the Latin which appears in various bits of religious choral music.
I need to have the time to write them down.

"Ex audi" I have just changed my car. No time now.

Thanks Bags. I've just had the best laugh, tears of mirth are rolling down my cheeks. You have set me up for the day.