Today's topic will be spoonerisms. What's a spoonerism? Well according to the highly reliable Wiki entry, it's when you flip some sounds between two words. Some times it is inadvertent display of drunken idiocy, like when my banjo player used the expression dougle nebative. Some times it is a deliberate verbal twisting employed for humorous purposes, like when someone says 'bass ackwards'.
Every so often, a spoonerism will still be a real word once (or before) it is flipped, and I find these manifestations particularly delicious.
Three of my favorites of this last type:
sick duck
pop corn
bunt cake
How about you? Got a favorite?
6 comments:
Oh My God.
I don't really get it. What am I supposed to do? This is just like college except I'm not drunk/high/ducking sick.
I found one i thought might appeal to you Kreg.
"Those girls have a cunning array of stunts".
:)
I like Branwens....
none of mine involve stunts or ducks. Maybe THATS my problem.
ps I was in Tulsa all weekend but snuck out before you found out I was there.
POP CORN. I get it! LOLOLOL
so I am not the only one ...
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