Title: Spoonerism
NinOdaSagE - March 30, 2006 02:51 AM (GMT)
I found this rather amusing... If you take the time to read it all, you'll find it funny as well!
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| A spoonerism is a play on words in which corresponding consonants or vowels are switched, named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), Warden of New College, Oxford, who was notoriously prone to this tendency. Some of his famous (and apocryphal) quotes from the chapel include "The Lord is a shoving leopard," "It is kisstomary to cuss the bride," and "Mardon me padam, this pie is occupewed. Can I sew you to another sheet?." (Pardon me, madam, this pew is occupied. Can I show you to another seat?) The spoonerism is a now legendary 'slip of the tongue'. |
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| Other gaffes worth mentioning are his angry speech to a student, "You have hissed all my mystery lectures, and were caught fighting a liar in the quad. Having tasted two worms, you will leave by the next town drain," actually intending to say "missed history", "lighting fire", "wasted terms", and "down train", respectively. |
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| During a college reception, he remarked to one lady "You'll soon be had, as a matter of course", when he meant to say "Mad as a Hatter, of course". A few more which you can probably work out for yourself include "We must drink a toast to the queer old Dean", "We'll have the hags flung out", "a half-warmed fish" and "Is the bean dizzy?" |
Dragon_Tam3r - March 30, 2006 03:07 AM (GMT)
Funneh O Meta say........... 2/10
Meh, i'd much rather judge comedy then GFX lawlz!
Kojiro - March 30, 2006 06:39 AM (GMT)
It all depends on the sentence.
Dragon_Tam3r - March 30, 2006 08:41 AM (GMT)
What's so abunny fout it? He could say the wring thong and get in brouble trig xD
LoZfan03 - March 30, 2006 06:53 PM (GMT)
...not all that funny when you mean to do it
Míxtil_<3_fish! - March 30, 2006 09:28 PM (GMT)
Truly I am a master of accidental sponerisms, the best kind. Best is 'unisex middleversaty' instead of Middlesex universaty.
Dragon_Tam3r - March 30, 2006 10:06 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (LoZfan03 @ Mar 30 2006, 12:53 PM) |
| ...not all that funny when you mean to do it |
Exactly, I was giving an example >.<
Joshua Johnson - March 31, 2006 11:21 PM (GMT)
Too much... HISTORY! It's not too funny, though.
NinOdaSagE - March 31, 2006 11:24 PM (GMT)
Aww. Kids these days have no appreciation whatsoever for educational humor!
.. Just kidding! It is funny if you think about it.. then again, I guess you'd rather be doing other stuff.. >_>