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What is spoonerism?
Spoonerisms in the English Language have been explained here.Ā A spoonerism is the transposition of the initial sounds of two or more words, as in sons of toil in place of tons of soil.
It happens because of the slip of the tongue and a very common phenomenon in our everyday speech. The term spoonerism is derived from the name of the Reverend Dr. William A. Spooner, Dean and Warden of New College, Oxford.
Here are a few Spoonerisms in the English Language:
Correct VersionĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā |
Spoonerism |
| Belly jeans | Jelly beans |
| Eyeball | Bye all |
| Fight in your race | Right in your face |
| Ready as a stock | Steady as a rock |
| No tails | Toe nails |
| Bowl of salad | Soul of ballad |
| Flat battery | Bat flattery |
| Lighting a fire | Fighting a liar |
| To bridge the gap | To gap the bridge |
| Food in her mouth | Mouth in her food |
| Let the cat out of the bag | Let the bag out of the cat |
| A well-oiled bicycle | A well-boiled icicle |
| A crushing blow | A blushing crow |
| Our dear old queen | Our queer old dean |
| It is customary to kiss the bride | Ā It is kisstomary to cuss the bride |
| Whoreās bed | Boarās head |
| Rough time | Tough rhyme |
| Show you to a seat | Sew you to a sheet |
| A half-warmed fish | A half-formed wish |
| Our shoving leopard | Our loving shepherd |
| Is the dean busy? | Is the bean dizzy? |
| You have missed my history lecture. | You have hissed my mystery lecture. |
| May I show you to another seat? | May I sew you to another sheet? |
| I must mend the sail | I must send the mail |
| You have wasted a whole term. You will leave Oxford on the next down train. | You have tasted a whole worm. You will leave Oxford on the next town drain |
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