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According to the online dictionary:
the (usually) unintentional exchange of letters or syllables between two words or even within a word, often with comic results - especially when the result changes the speaker's intended meaning. The term is named after the 19th century clergyman and academic Rev. William Spooner William Archibald Spooner
William Archibald Spooner was a famous University of Oxford University don after whom is named a linguistic phenomenon, spoonerism....
, who was supposedly prone to this trait. Among the examples attributed to him is "you've tasted two worms" for "you've wasted two terms".
tips of the slung (slips of the tongue)
lack of pies (pack of lies) tease my ears (ease my tears)
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoAccording to the online dictionary:
the (usually) unintentional exchange of letters or syllables between two words or even within a word, often with comic results - especially when the result changes the speaker's intended meaning. The term is named after the 19th century clergyman and academic Rev. William Spooner William Archibald Spooner
William Archibald Spooner was a famous University of Oxford University don after whom is named a linguistic phenomenon, spoonerism....
, who was supposedly prone to this trait. Among the examples attributed to him is "you've tasted two worms" for "you've wasted two terms".
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∙ 15y agoThere was a college dean who was always saying things like "shake a tower" (take a shower) and "cake a bake" (bake a cake), reversing the first letters of words. The dean's last name was Spooner. So his students started calling his messed up words "spoonerisms." See the Related Link below.
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∙ 12y agoIt is when you switch letters of two words in a phrase. Example: You mean to say..."I am falling apart" and what you actually say is " I am palling a fart"...a comedian named Norm Crosby made a career out of spoonerisms.
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If you speak too quickly might you utter spoonerism?
Spoonerism is a mistake in a person's speech where vowels, consonants, and morphemes are switched. These are often heard as slips of the tongue.
What is an antonym for spoonerism?
maybe proper language or speech with no misspeaking.
What is the origin of the word dadgummit?
"Dadgummit" is a spoonerism of "God damn it". It is an example of what is called a "minced oath".
Definition of oxymoron and spoonerism?
An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. A spoonerism is a verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words, often to humorous effect, as in the sentence you have hissed the mystery lectures, accidentally spoken instead of the intended sentence you have missed the history lectures.
What is a comical switching of first sounds of words?
This is called a "spoonerism" after Reverend William Spooner, a real person who frequently switched initial sounds without meaning to.
Which category does spoonerism belong in?
what word category does spoonerism belong to
What is dain bramage?
Slang/spoonerism for "brain damage" A "spoonerism" is attributed to Rev. William Archibald Spooner; 1900: http://everything2.com/title/Spoonerism ;)
What part of speech is the word spoonerism?
Spoonerism is a noun, derived from the name of Reverend William Archibald Spooner, known for mixing up the initial sounds of words unintentionally.
What does it mean when one makes a spoonerism?
What it means when you speak a spoonerism is you are changing the letters around in the sentence to make light of a subject or when you are making a mistake.
If you speak too quickly might you utter spoonerism?
Spoonerism is a mistake in a person's speech where vowels, consonants, and morphemes are switched. These are often heard as slips of the tongue.
What is called when you mix up letters?
a spoonerism
What is an antonym for spoonerism?
maybe proper language or speech with no misspeaking.
What is it called when you switch words or letters around when you are speaking?
A spoonerism!
How do you use spoonerisms in a sentence?
Oh no, he had a spoonerism! Translates to -- Oh no, he had an accident!
What is the term for transposing letters of words when speaking?
Spoonerism is the unintentional exchange of letters or syllables between two words or even within a word. The word derives from a 19th Century Clergyman. Also Metathesis is the reversal of letters within a word.
What is bughum?
Bughum is the name of my band. It's a bit like a spoonerism of humbug.
Where does the word spoonerism belong?
Spoonerism belongs to the category of wordplay involving the swapping of the initial sounds of two words to create a humorous or nonsensical result. It is a type of linguistic error named after Reverend William Archibald Spooner.
