if you don't know what one is, please don't point game by saying "i don't know what that is" or statements of the like.
2007-01-16 18:20:37 · 9 answers · asked by wrldzgr8stdad 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The behaviour of cows.
2007-01-16 18:26:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Spoonerisms are named after the Reverend W. A. Spooner (1844-1930) who was Dean and Warden of New College in Oxford, England. He is reputed to have made these verbal slips frequently."
A bunch of examples at the link, including the first 4 given here on the beginning page
2007-01-17 02:33:29 · answer #2 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rev. Spooner is supposed to have greeted a group of farmers with "Greetings you tons of soil" for Sons of Toil
2007-01-17 02:31:46 · answer #3 · answered by roscoedeadbeat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spoonerisms happen when we get our murds wixed. Like 'I'll sew you to your sheet" and "Prinderella ran down the stalace peps and slopped her dripper".
Inspector Cluseau (Pink Panther movie) said "He killed her in a rit of fealous jage"
2007-01-17 03:36:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely true: At an AA meeting here, a guy said he had spent the last two years in a "drunken Bolivian". Another guy yelled out, "Does she have a sister?"
("drunken oblivion" was the intended term)
2007-01-17 15:14:03 · answer #5 · answered by Keith T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tease my ears (Ease my tears)
A lack of pies (A pack of lies)
It's roaring with pain (It's pouring with rain)
Wave the sails (Save the whales)
2007-01-17 02:26:00 · answer #6 · answered by xx_muggles_xx 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He deered to kill a kings dare (robin hood, men in tights)
2007-01-17 04:19:42 · answer #7 · answered by ghds 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have any, but here's a site that's all about them:
http://www.fun-with-words.com/spoonerisms.html
2007-01-17 02:33:17 · answer #8 · answered by Iris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snort.... blow me a bubbles... :oP
2007-01-17 02:43:02 · answer #9 · answered by wacky_racer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋