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	William Archibald Spooner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Archibald Spooner (July 22, 1844–August 29, 1930) was educated at Oswestry School and New College, Oxford, the first non-Wykehamist to be so, and became an Anglican priest and a scholar.
		Spooner was an albino, small, with a pink face, poor eyesight, and a head too large for his body.
		Spooner has become famous for his "spoonerisms", funny mis-statements that result from the transposition of initial consonants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Archibald_Spooner (473 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.
		William Archibald Spooner died on 29 August 1930, the father of two sons and five daughters and the friend and esteemed citizen of a city who loved him.
	www.age-of-the-sage.org /quotations/spooner_oxford.html (337 words)

	Spoonerism Corner
		William Archibald Spooner was born in London on 22 July 1844.
		Spooner was an albino and as such, suffered from defective eyesight - he was also short in stature with a head disproportionately large in relation to his body.
		This tendency towards Spoonerism led many people to mistakenly presume that the man was a sandwich or two short of a picnic, however it is now widely recognised that he was instead a smart feller but occasionally a shining wit.
	www.bunkychollox.com /main_pages/spoonerism_corner.htm (634 words)

	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.
		In Spanish, a spoonerism is usually used as a euphemism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spoonerism (2321 words)

	Lovatts Crossword Trivia - Dr Spooner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		William Archibald Spooner was born in London on 22 July 1844 and is remembered chiefly for his nervous tendency to transpose initial letters or half-syllables in speech.
		Spooner was an albino and as such, suffered from defective eyesight.
		William died on 29 August 1930, the father of two sons and five daughters and the friend and esteemed citizen of a city who loved him.
	www.lovatts.com.au /trivia/fillingthegaps/trivia_fig02_drspooner.htm (275 words)

	Spooner, William Archibald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Spooner (1844-1930) was educated at Oswestry School and New College, Oxford.
		In Harrod's opinion Spooner overtopped all the heads of Oxford and Cambridge colleges he had known "having regard to his scholarship, devotion to duty, and wisdom".
		Harrod's recollections are cited in W. Hayter, Spooner.
	economia.unipv.it /~dbesomi/edition/editionstuff/rfh.526.htm (82 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)

	Chrysti the Wordsmith > Radio Scripts > Spoonerisms
		Born in England in 1844, Reverend Spooner, was most renowned during his tenure as dean of New College in Oxford, where he delivered lectures and sermons, and officiated at weddings.
		Spooner's parishoners were surprised to learn one Sunday that their Lord was not a "loving shepherd," but a "shoving leopard." The Reverend reminded a young groom during the ceremony that it was "kisstomary to cuss the bride." On spying a pair of look-alike siblings, Spooner cried, "those girls are sin twisters!"
		Spooner's penchant for somersaulting letters and sounds was blamed on his nervous disposition and even his albinism.
	wordsmithradio.org /scripts/spoonerisms.html (237 words)

	Spooner Family Genealogy Forum
		Confusion on William Spooner s/o William Spooner and Hannah Pratt - Justin Maitland 11/27/05
		Re: Confusion on William Spooner s/o William Spooner and Hannah Pratt - Kiriyo Spooner 4/15/06
		Re: Confusion on William Spooner s/o William Spooner and Hannah Pratt - Justin Maitland 4/21/06
	genforum.genealogy.com /spooner (1565 words)

	The Hindu : Tinglish errors that tickle
		The word `Spoonerisms' thus came to denote a verbal slip or accidental juxtaposition of words or syllables when uttering a phrase or sentence, which makes at least some sense mostly hilarious and nonsensical.
		Spooner's flip-flops in his speech soon became legendary and people quoted his distinguished verbal horrors in a spirit of bonhomie and merriment.
		Spoonerisms, it is said, may (mis) happen most in the English language as it is supposed to have three times more words than other languages and further adds around four hundred words every year.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/mp/2002/11/28/stories/2002112800970200.htm (680 words)

	Spoonerisms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		English is a fertile soil for spoonerisms, as author and lecturer Richard Lederer points out, because our language has more than three times as many words as any other--616,500 and growing at 450 a year.
		Reverend Spooner's tendency to get words and sounds crossed up could happen at any time, but especially when he was agitated.
		Thanks to Reverend Spooner's style-setting sommersaults, our owm little tips of the slung will not be looked upon as the embarrassing babblings of a nitwit, but rather the whimsical lapses of a nimble brain.
	www.indiana.edu /~jkkteach/P335/revspoon.html (566 words)

	anltuqn~spoonerism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Spooner was a true don of Oxford in the true, absent-minded-professor sense.
		At a dinner, Spooner attempted to clean up spilled salt by pouring wine on it (as any mom can tell you, the usual procedure is exactly opposite).
		A fad began in the 19th century, perhaps sparked by a series of novels about an Oxford undergraduate who was prone to spoonerisms, written by Cuthburt Bede (a pseudonym for Edward Bradley).
	www.home.no /choklit/tion/spooner.html (749 words)

	Nola.com's Printer-Friendly Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Today is Spooner's Day, named in honor of one Rev. William Archibald Spooner, professor, dean and warden of Oxford University, who held a Ph.D in loose lips and tongue slips.
		Spooner was blessed or cursed with the proclivity to slaughter the English language.
		So the Spooner legend goes, as the ceremony wound down, the nervous groom lost his concentration and needed some coaxing.
	www.nola.com /printer/printer.ssf?/base/living-0/1122010305240360.xml (727 words)

	What is a Spoonerism?
		Named after the British scholar Reverend William Archibald Spooner, the Spoonerism is an inadvertent transposition of the sounds of two words – usually the initial sounds – especially such a transposition that turns out to produce an interesting or amusing result.
		The Spoonerism differs from a slip of the tongue, which is a more general term referring to any instance of misspeaking – not confined to the involvement of two words at once or implying amusing results.
		Spoonerism is a form of metathesis, the switching of the order of sounds in pronunciation.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-is-a-spoonerism.htm (349 words)

	Spoonerisms - Generation Terrorists
		English is fertile soil for spoonerism, as author and lecturer Richard Lederer points out, because the language has more than three times as many words as any other - 616,500 and growing at 450 a year.
		One day, I was thinking in spoonerisms from the moment I woke up, and of course it had to be the day we served Buck's Fizz (orange juice and champagne).
		Spoonerisms are never so funny as when they turn into something (almost) apt.
	www.generationterrorists.com /quotes/spoonerisms.html (1873 words)

	Wikinfo \| Spoonerism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Some of the Reverend Spooner's famous (and possibly apocryphal) quotes from the chapel include "The lord is a shoving leopard," "It is kisstomary to cuss the bride," and "Mardon me padam, this pie is occupewed.
		For example, the quirks of the Finnish language (such as vowel harmony) lend themselves well for this purpose, and Finnish 'sanankäännökset' ['word-turnings'], mainly used in jokes, in all likelihood predate Rev. Spooner.
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	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Spoonerism (331 words)

	Activity Connection.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		July 22nd is Spoonerism Day, in celebration of the birth anniversary of Reverend William Archibald Spooner.
		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)

	William Archibald Spooner
		He quoted 1 Corinthians 13:12 as, "For now we see through a dark, glassly..." Officiating at a wedding, he prompted a hesitant bridegroom, "Son, it is now kisstomary to cuss the bride." And to a stranger seated in the wrong place: "I believe you're occupewing my pie.
		Did Spooner really say, "Which of us has not felt in his heart a half-warmed fish?" he certainly could have; he was trying to say half-formed wish.
		Thanks to Reverend Spooner's style-setting somersaults, our own little tips of the slung will not be looked upon as the embarrassing babblings of a nitwit, but rather the whimsical lapses of a nimble brain.
	www.physicsforums.com /showthread.php?p=745270#post745270 (847 words)

	Rev. William Archibald Spooner
		English is a fertile soil for spoonerisms, as author and lecturer Richard Lederer points out, because our language has more than three times as many words as any other -- 616,500 and growing at 450 a year.
		Born in 1844 in London, Spooner became an Anglican priest and a scholar.
		From 1876 to 1889, he served as a dean, and from 1903 to 1924 as warden, or president.
	www.lunaeterna.net /popcult/spooner.htm (694 words)

	William Archibald Spooner - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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		William Archibald Spooner (July 22, 1844–August 29, 1930) was educated at Oswestry School and New College, Oxford and became an Anglican priest and a scholar.
		He once invited a faculty member to tea "to welcome our new archaeology Fellow." "But, sir," the man replied, "I am our new archaeology Fellow." "Never mind," Spooner said, "Come all the same."
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/William_Archibald_Spooner (300 words)

	Welcome to the Financial Gazette Online! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		But it is extremely doubtful there has ever been anyone who has caused as much hilarity and amusement with their unintended verbal gymnastics as one very learned gentleman named Reverend William Archibald Spooner who happened to have been an albino.
		Born in London in 1844, Spooner became an Anglican priest and a scholar and, during a 60-year association with Oxford University, he lectured in history, philosophy and divinity, serving 13 of those years as a dean and his last 21 years there as president of the university.
		After pronouncing two young newly-weds man and wife, Rev Spooner dutifully coaxed the shy husband: “Now, son, it is kisstomary to cuss the bride” meaning it is “customary to kiss” the bride.
	www.fingaz.co.zw /fingaz/2004/December/December16/7324.shtml (680 words)

	Spoonerisms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Spooner, however, committed this type of blunder so often and so spectacularly, that it is now always associated with his name.
		But Spooner was best known for his spoonerisms, a term that came into general use and entered the Oxford English Dictionary in his own lifetime.
		To give a few other examples: Spooner went into the dean's office one day and inquired of the secretary, "Is the bean dizzy?" On another occasion he meant to observe that the cat dropped on its paws, but he said, "The cat popped on its drawers."
	homepage.smc.edu /larsen_lyle/spoonerisms.htm (280 words)

	DonnySpi's Blog
		A Spoonerism is a slip of the tongue where consonant sounds are misplaced in a sentence.
		Das ehemalige wird für Reverend William Archibald Spooner genannt, das häufig Spoonerisms sagte, ohne zu beabsichtigen, sie zu sagen.
		Ein Spoonerism ist ein Beleg der Zunge, in der consonant Töne in einem Satz verlegt werden.
	www.donnyspi.com /blog/entry,340 (4667 words)

	Re: Rev. Dr. William Archibald Spooner
		Yesterday, I found William Archibald Spooner's children listed on page 152 of the book "The Spooners of Middle England" by Captain Anthony Spooner, DSO, DFC.
		William Wycliffe (Bill) Spooner (1882-1956), married twice 1.
		Only son William killed in World War II when on bombing raid.
	genforum.genealogy.com /spooner/messages/936.html (108 words)

	Spoonerisms > History of spoonerisms
		Reverend W. Spooner (1844-1930) who was Dean and Warden of New College in Oxford, England.
		A number of genuine Spoonerisms – those which are believed to have been said by Reverend Spooner himself – can be found in the Spoonerism Examples section.
		The Greeks had a word for this type of impediment long before Spooner was born: metathesis.
	www.fun-with-words.com /spoon_history.html (685 words)

	Travel Media - spooner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		William Archibald Spooner (July 22, 1844 August 29, 1930) was educated at Oswestry School and New College, Oxford, the first non-Wykehamist to be so, and became an Anglican priest and a scholar.
		Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808 May 14, 1887) was an American individualist anarchist political philosopher, abolitionist, and legal theorist of the 19th century.
		You will find Spooner right in the heart of Washburn County in the Northwest corner of the state.
	www.khinfo.com /results/?q=spooner (418 words)

	TIME.com: -- Oct. 29, 1928 -- Page 1
		William Archibald Spooner, onetime warden of New College, Oxford, celebrated last fortnight his golden wedding anniversary.
		A spoonerism is the transposition of two sounds, or of the first letters of two words, in a simple sentence.
		In 1879, Dr. Spooner announced a hymn as "The Kinquering Congs Their Titles Take." Since then, he has been labeled the author of countless spoonerisms.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,928998,00.html (725 words)

	The Hindu : Young World : Hilarious mix-ups
		The origin of "Spoonerism" can be traced to the Rev. William Archibald Spooner who lived in England from 1844 to 1930.
		Once speaking in a funeral ceremony of a presbyter, one of his close friends, he said: "he was a shoving leopard to his flock" instead of "he was a loving shepherd to his flock".
		Many are the sayings of the late Rev. Spooner.
	www.hindu.com /yw/2006/07/07/stories/2006070700100800.htm (388 words)

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