Spoonerism
Spoonerism (spn
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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
posted by Vijay Krishna Narayanan | 2/08/2006 09:07:00 AM
5 Comments:
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.. :-)
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