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Spoonerism
Techniques > Use of language > Figures of speech > Spoonerism Method | Example | Discussion | See also
DescriptionSpoonerism is the exchange of letters or sounds between two words, often with comic effect. ExampleSearch every crook and nanny! ('Search every nook and cranny') Bum on caby, fight my liar. (v'Come on baby, light my fire'). Gets low, folks. ('Let's go, folks'). DiscussionA common form of Spoonerism is the transposition of initial letters, although other letters and even sounds may be exchanged. Spoonerism can just be a speech error and is named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), Warden of New College, Oxford, who often made this slip. It is also used plays where characters also have this affliction but make amusing Spoonerisms. Classification: Rearrangement See also |
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