Spoonerisms
27 June 2008
What are Spoonerisms?
Spoonerisms are the word or the phrases in which letters or syllables(often the first letter or the first syllable) get swapped or interchanged. This word is derived from Reverend William Archibald Spooner, who is reputed to have made these verbal interchanges.
Spoonerisms are also known as “slip of the tongue”
List of Spoonerisms
- Go and shake a tower – Go and take a shower
- It’s roaring with pain – It’s pouring with rain
- Tease my ears - Ease my tears
- a blushing crow - a crushing blow
- you’ve tasted two worms - you’ve wasted two terms
- our queer old Dean - our dear old Queen
- bedding wells - wedding bells
- is the bean dizzy? - is the Dean busy?
- flutter by - butterfly
- would you like a nasal hut? - would you like a hazel nut?
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