Spoonerism
Posted on February 8th, 2006 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan
Spoonerism (sp
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- 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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what’s a spoonerism then????
You’re right, Kini. It is “spoonerism”, and not malapropism, as I had mal-appropriately thought.
err…was it easier to change the blog post than think of of a malapropism
i guess there r times when we unintentioanlly blurt out a spoonerism. It’s really fun sometimes!
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..