Spoonerism

Posted on February 8th, 2006 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

Spoonerism (spn-rzm)
n.

A transposition of sounds of two or more words, especially a ludicrous one, such as Let me sew you to your sheet for Let me show you to your seat.

I made up one last night…

Harry Potter Happy Rotter

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5 Responses to “Spoonerism”

  1. Vinayak, on February 9th, 2006 at 9:44 am Said:

    what’s a spoonerism then????

  2. Vijay Krishna, on February 9th, 2006 at 1:01 pm Said:

    You’re right, Kini. It is “spoonerism”, and not malapropism, as I had mal-appropriately thought.

  3. Vinayak, on February 9th, 2006 at 1:16 pm Said:

    err…was it easier to change the blog post than think of of a malapropism ;)

  4. Aparna S Mallya, on February 9th, 2006 at 3:21 pm Said:

    i guess there r times when we unintentioanlly blurt out a spoonerism. It’s really fun sometimes!

  5. Sal, on February 13th, 2006 at 1:05 pm Said:

    Hi Dude..

    Just came across ur blog accidentally…Serendipity if i shud name it more aptly…
    Real Good one.. This happy rotter thing caught my attention cos i must tell u we used to be mad abt this spoonerism thinggy during our coll. days way back that we derived happy rotter sometime in 2002 end…Thnx to u for giving me a lil. jog down the memory lanes.. :-)

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