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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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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.
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.
What is the term for transposing letters in words when speaking?
I'm not sure about switching words around, but if you switch the beginning consonant sounds of two words it is called a spoonerism. For instance, a bad day becomes a dab bay.
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?
The word spoonerism is a singular noun. The plural form is spoonerisms.
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 it called when you switch words or letters around when you are speaking?
A spoonerism!
What is an antonym for spoonerism?
maybe proper language or speech with no misspeaking.
How do you use spoonerisms in a sentence?
Oh no, he had a spoonerism! Translates to -- Oh no, he had an accident!
Which category does spoonerism belong in?
what word category does spoonerism belong to
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.
