Spoonerism
A Spoonerism is a play on words in which corresponding consonants or vowels are switched (see metathesis), named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), Warden of New College, Oxford, who was notoriously prone to this tendency. Some of his famous (and possibly apocryphal) quotes from the chapel include "The Lord is a shoving leopard," "It is kisstomary to cuss the bride," and "Mardon me padam, this pie is occupewed. Can I sew you to another sheet?." (Pardon me, madam, this pew is occupied. Can I show you to another seat?) The spoonerism is a now legendary 'slip of the tongue.'
External links
- Lists of spoonerisms at fun-with-words.com
- List of Finnish spoonerisms
- In 2005, the Drudge Report ran with the headline "Cindy Sheehan Arrested at White House in Cunning Stunt."http://wconger.blogspot.com/2005/09/cunning-cindy-sheehan.html
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Examples in modern entertainment |
| ► | Spoonerism in other languages |
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