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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Spoonerisms!!

Just incase you all don't know what a "spoonerism" is, it's a common verbal blunder that involves switching the initial sound of a pair of words. The term "Spoonerism" was created in memory of Reverend William Archibald Spooner, who was notorious known for this type of error.

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Attributed to Reverend Spooner:

"It is kisstomary to cuss the bride."
(it is customary to kiss the bride)

"Those girls are sin twisters."
(those girls are twin sisters)

"Is the bean dizzy?"
(is the dean busy?)

"The Lord is a shoving leopard."
(the Lord is a loving shepard)

"When the boys come back from France, we'll have the hags flung out."
(When the boys come back from France, we'll have the flags hung out)

"Let me sew you to your sheet."
(let me show you to your sheet)

"The enemy fled quickly from the ears and sparrows."
(the enemy fled quickly from the spears and arrows)

"She joins this club over my bed doddy."
(she joins this club over my dead body!)

"The old revival hymn, 'Shall We Rather At the Giver?'"
(the old revival hymm, "shall we gather at the river?")

"There is no peace in a home where a dinner swells."
(there is no peace in a home where sinners dwell)

"I see before me tons of soil."
-- A greeting to a group of farmers; he meant to say, "sons of toil."

"We all know what it is to have a half-warmed fish inside us."
-- A statement made when he meant to say, "Half-formed wish."


...Haha, some of these were hard!!!

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