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	Spoonerism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A spoonerism is a play on words in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes 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.
		While spoonerisms are commonly heard as slips of the tongue (sometimes spoonerised as tips of the slung), they are considered a form of pun when used purposely as a play on words.
		Spoonerisms in Dutch are made in the exact same manner as in English.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spoonerism (1953 words)

	Dr. Spooner of Oxford - Spoonerisms - biography
		Spooner became a fellow of New College in 1867, a lecturer in 1868, a tutor in 1869, dean 1876-1889 (having been ordained as an Anglican priest in 1875) and Warden of New College from 1903, the year in which he completed his Doctor of Divinity degree.
		Spooner was an albino and as such, suffered from defective eyesight - he was also short in stature a head dispropotionately large in relation to his body.
		Spooner's tendency towards Spoonerism led many people to mistakenly presume that he was a sandwich or two short of a picnic.
	www.age-of-the-sage.org /quotations/spooner_oxford.html (337 words)

	Straight Dope Staff Report: Who was Dr. Spooner of "spoonerism" fame?
		A spoonerism, of course, is a transposition, a form of malapropism.
		Spooner attended New College, Oxford, as an undergraduate in 1862, and remained there for over 60 years in various capacities, ultimately as warden (equivalent to the U.S. president of a college).
		Julian Huxley called Spooner "a man who was the direct or indirect cause of a considerable addition to the world's stock of good-natured laughter." And that can't be all bad.
	www.straightdope.com /mailbag/mspoonerism.html (1261 words)

	Spoonerism - Uncyclopedia
		The word "Spoonerism" is a typical example of a useless word made up by peeple without a sence of humor.
		To the educated people this bludy fact seems so terrubly amuzing and funny that for words like this they feel the need to come up with a fukload of other highly sientific sownding words to discribe the funnyness and the cleverness of their selfs.
		Spoonerism is also a religion common on the west coast of Africa.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Spoonerism (784 words)

	spoonerism - Wiktionary
		Named after the Reverend W. Spooner (1844-1930), who is supposed to have habitually made such slip-ups.
		A phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are accidentally transposed.
		The spoonerism "The queer old dean" (instead of "the dear old Queen") is attributed to Rev. Spooner.
	en.wiktionary.org /wiki/spoonerism (70 words)

	Spoonerism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Spoonerisms occur when a speaker unintentionally interposes different letters or sounds from different words, all in the same sentence and often affecting two words in succession.
		In some instances, one may argue that the Spoonerism is simply a Freudian slip.
		As a rule, the Spoonerism is usually better spoken than written.
	my.execpc.com /74/75/forseth/spoon.html (72 words)

	Spoonerisms > What are spoonerisms?
		Of course, there are many millions of possible Spoonerisms, but those which are of most interest (mainly for their amusement value) are the ones in which the Spoonerism makes sense as well as the original phrase.
		Since Spoonerisms are phonetic transpositions, it is not so much the letters which are swapped as the sounds themselves.
		The name Spoonerism comes from the Reverend William Archibald Spooner who is reputed to have been particularly prone to making this type of verbal slip.
	www.fun-with-words.com /spoon_explain.html (362 words)

	ss is for sspooner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Most of the phrases attributed to Spooner are apocryphal; he may never have referred to Queen Victoria as "our queer old dean," or told anyone "I'll sew you to a sheet," or mentioned having a "half-warmed fish." But whether he really said these things or not, the good Reverend (like Mrs.
		Spoonerisms that aren't real words happen often in casual speech; anyone might happen to say "bunkey mizness" or "funa tish," and nobody would remember the phrase ten minutes later.
		There's a genre of riddles based on Spoonerisms; these riddles take the form "What's the difference between x and y?" and have answers of the form "One is a ____ ____, and the other is a ____ ____," where the two phrases are Spoonerisms of each other.
	www.kith.org /logos/words/lower2/sspooner.html (581 words)

	Activity Connection.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Born in 1844 in London, Spooner became an Anglican priest and a scholar.
		Reverend Spooner's tendency to get words and sounds crossed up could happen at any time, but it especially happened when he was nervous or agitated.
		This word is actually a spoonerism for flutter by, which happens to be the original name for butterflies.
	www.activityconnection.com /Membersonly/July2004/lightenup.htm (887 words)

	Spoonerism
		It seems however that although Spooner had an occasional tendency towards such verbal transposition this habit was seized upon, circa 1885 when the word Spoonerism was coined in association with Spooner's little slips, such that students began devising transpositional puns and attributing them to Dr. Spooner.
		Spooner seems to have been a little disconcerted by the way in which his occasional modest verbal transpositions were taken up by the students of Oxford.
		Once when a group of students clamoured outside his window for him to make a speech, he called down: "You don't want to hear a speech: you just want me to say one of those...
	www.age-of-the-sage.org /quotations/spoonerism_spoonerisms.html (327 words)

	spoonerism - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		acrostic, anagram, logogram, malapropism, palindrome, pun, spoonerism, telestich
		Psychology: Among the examples of mistakes in speech...almost…, Spoonerisms: I remember your name perfectly,…, Spoonerisms: Kinquering Congs their...
		Unlike my predecessors, I have devoted more of my life to shunting and hooting than to hunting and shooting
	ca.encarta.msn.com /spoonerism.html (106 words)

	Bad Puns - Get your muds wordled!
		Spoonerisms, also known as "metathesis", are a specific form of wordplay involving the swapping syllables between two words in a phrase (usually the exchanging first syllable of two words), in such a way that the meaning of the phrase is completely altered.
		The name comes from one Reverend Spooner, who was a priest and university professor at Oxford, England, and who lived beween 1844 and 1930.
		He suffered from regular tips of the slung (slips of the tongue), and rapidly became famous for them.
	www.badpuns.com /jokes.php?section=dictionary&name=dt_spoonerisms (190 words)

	Spoonerisms
		Spoonerisms are words or phrases in which letters or syllables get swapped.
		The word spoonerism comes from William Archibald Spooner who was famous for making these verbal slips.
		Spooner and why his name has become immortalised in the Spoonerism.
	www.fun-with-words.com /spoonerisms.html (221 words)

	Spoonerism Word Fun by Brownielocks
		Let's begin with what a "spoonerism" is. For those of you that remember a television show called, "All in the Family" you will recall a character named Archie Bunker.
		The name "Spoonerism" comes from a real man named Reverend William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930) who was dean and then later became the president of New College in Oxford, England.
		A chimp holding on to a branch is a dangling monkey.
	www.brownielocks.com /spoonerisms.html (501 words)

	"Rindercella--A Splendid Spoonerism" by Horace Hooper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		This delightful Spoonerism was reportedly written by Mr.
		Example: "A well-boiled icicle" for "a well-oiled bicycle." Spoonerisms get their name from Rev. W.
		Spooner (1844-1930) who was noted for making such slips of the tongue.
	www.chronwatch.com /content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=7981 (415 words)

	Spoonerisms at Aleeya dotNet
		A Spoonerism is a play on words in which corresponding consonants or vowels are switched.
		Aleeya dotNet is the redesign of the original Aleeya.net.
		You are currently browsing the archives for the Spoonerisms category.
	www.aleeya.net /category/word-play/spoonerisms (151 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		From: dc132@cus.cam.ac.uk (D. Chart) Newsgroups: alt.arts.storytelling Subject: Re: Spoonerisms Date: 13 Aug 1994 16:21:42 GMT I think the original was a reverend and an Oxford (or Cambridge) don.
		I'm pretty sure it has some examples of spoonerisms as well as countless other items which might interest members of this group.
		Among children there, spoonerizing words is the equivalent of pig Latin among English-speaking children.
	www.cs.rice.edu /~ian/Public/Humor/spoonerisms (3125 words)

	Spoonerism Day Greeting Cards, Spoonerism Day Ecards From 123Greetings.com
		When you accidentally swap the initial sounds in a pair of words, it is called spoonerism.
		Celebrate this day by sending fun ecards to all your near and dear ones and 'shake' them 'miles'...
		Spoonerism Word Fun by Brownielocks : Ever meant to say one word but you said another?
	www.123greetings.com /events/spoonerism_day (140 words)

	Huckleberries Online: Spoonerisms, anyone?
		First, you need to know that a spoonerism is an unfortunate funny statement that can occur when you transpose initial sounds in a pair of words.
		Example: "The Lord is a shoving leopard ['loving shepherd']." And: It is kisstomary to cuss ['customary to kiss'] the bride." The term, spoonerism, comes from the name of the Rev.
		William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930), a kindly but nervous Anglican clergyman and educationalist.
	www.spokesmanreview.com /blogs/nhb/archive.asp?postID=2097 (551 words)

	KPBS - Gag Me With a Spoonerism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Reverend William Archibald Spooner entered the earthly stage near London on July 22, 1844, born with a silver spoonerism in his mouth.
		That was appropriate because Dr. Spooner became a distinguished master and warden at Oxford University.
		In honor of Dr. William Archibald Spooner's tang tongueled whiz and witdom, I present a gallimaufry of tinglish errors and English terrors:
	www.kpbs.org /Radio/DynPage.php?id=2010 (296 words)

	-yourDictionary.com - Word of the Day
		Etymology: "Spoonerism" is a commonization of the surname of Reverend W. Spooner (1844-1930), who lectured and served as dean and warden at Oxford University for 60 years.
		That is, the proper noun "Spooner" became a common noun, "spooner" to which the suffix -ism was attached.
		Another way of putting it is that the Reverend Spooner is the eponym of "spoonerism." (Much gratitude is owed Sverrir Konradsson of Reykjavik, Iceland, who went in today's Sword of the Day—oops!
	www.yourdictionary.com /wotd/wotd.pl?word=spoonerism (245 words)

	spoonerisms - OneLook Dictionary Search
		We found 2 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word spoonerisms:
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "spoonerisms" is defined.
		spoonerisms : Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=spoonerisms (69 words)

	purevolume™ \| spoonerism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		spoonerism has led an uneventful life, and thus has yet to post any entries.
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	www.purevolume.com /listeners/spoonerism (66 words)

	spoonerism - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		spoonerism : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		Spoonerism : Glossary of English Grammar Terms [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=spoonerism (171 words)

	Urban Dictionary: spoonerism
		spoonerism weederism anagram fart smeller fart smucker palindrome tig ol bitties yodaism
		The term "spoonerism" was named after Reverend W.A. Spooner (1844-1930).
		- "Peas and carrots" is a spoonerism of "keys and parrots"
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=spoonerism&r=d (276 words)

	Spoonerism's in songs- Examples
		Date: 08 Oct 98 - 02:12 PM I think there may be a difference between a "spoonerism" - which would be the singer muffing a line (whether intentional or not) and a mondegreen, where the error is on the part of the listener.
		Strictly speaking a Spoonerism is where the first bits of adjacent or nearby words get tranposed, as in "Drink a Toast to the Dear Old Queen (Queer Old Dean)".
		A book I have called "The Dictionary of Common Fallacies" seems to imply that "Spoonerisms were not a recurrent feature of the speech of Reverend William Spooner" though as it gives several examples of spoonerisms, it may be tongue in cheek (or should that be Chung in Teak?).
	www.mudcat.org /thread.cfm?threadid=6894 (3918 words)

	Spoonerism phrase origins
		The most plausible theory that I've seen for yonks is that it's a contraction of the spoonerism "yonkey's dears" - but as you rightly point out, nobody knows for sure.
		I'm hard pressed to think of any word or phrase that originated in a Spoonerism.
		There ought to be at least one somewhere.
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/17/messages/183.html (270 words)

	Braingle: 'Fishing Spoonerism' Brain Teaser
		A spoonerism is a transposition of initial sounds of two or more words (as in "tons of soil" for "sons of toil").
		Armed with this definition, what is a spoonerism for what you do when you go fishing vs. a literary work you don't care for?
		You need to prepare something with which to catch a fish.
	www.braingle.com /brainteasers/teaser.php?id=1304 (97 words)

	Spoonerism - Reviews on RateItAll
		This is one of the thingies that made me fall in love with my...
		Be very careful of Spoonerisms on Valentines Day when you are...
		Slip of the tongue and transposition of corresponding vowels o...
	www.rateitall.com /i-846674-spoonerism.aspx (134 words)

	Dictionary.com/Word of the Day Archive/spoonerism
		Let me sew you to your sheet ["show you to your seat"].
		Spoonerism comes from the name of the Rev. William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930), a kindly but nervous Anglican clergyman and educationalist.
		All the above examples were committed by (or attributed to) him.
	dictionary.reference.com /wordoftheday/archive/2002/04/15.html (125 words)

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