Four examples of mis-perception from the popular comedy show _Saturday Night Live_ and the character called Emily Litella (played by the late Gilda Radner). Three are not really oronyms, but one is:

The seamlessness of speech is also apparent in "oronyms," strings of sound that can be carved into words in two different ways.

Taking dictation isn't always easy because sometimes what you hear isn't what you're supposed to hear. Oronyms are sentences that can be read in two ways with the same sound.