Welcome readers! So what did the title actually
mean to you? Did you came in thinking Spoonerism is something like Buddhism or
Hinduism? FYI it is not….Also spoonerism has nothing to do with spoons!! Keep
reading.
I came across this phenomenon in a movie, where this was used to communicate humour.
I came across this phenomenon in a movie, where this was used to communicate humour.
A spoonerism is simply an error in speech. The play is such that corresponding consonants, vowels or morphemes are switched.
It is named after the Reverend William Archibald
Spooner, who was prone to this tendency.
Spoonerisms are commonly heard as slips of the tongue. However they can be used
to translate humour and as a rhyme form in poetry.
So here are some good examples:
Three
cheers for our queer old dean!
(dear old queen)
Is
it kisstomary to cuss the bride?
(customary to kiss)
The
Lord is a shoving leopard.
(a loving shepherd)
A
blushing crow. *omg*
(crushing blow)
A
well-boiled icicle
(well-oiled bicycle)
Is
the bean dizzy?
(dean busy)
USAGES:
- Names of music albums:
Ø Punk
in Drublic
Ø Liberal
Animation
Ø Night
in the Ruts
- Spoonerism was chosen as one of the character
personalities of the seven dwarfs during the production of Walt Disney’s Snow
white and the Seven Dwarfs.
- One of Shel Silverstein’s book was entitled ‘Runny
Babbit: A Billy Sook’
- In the English translations of the Finnsih Moomins
books, the characters Thingumy and Bob often use these; spmetimes as ‘Bingumy
and Thob’ and stating things are “worry vell”.
- In a situation where profanity is unsuitable, a spoonerism
is used to tone down the intensity of the expression or to bend the rules.
Ø Bass
ackwards
Ø Nucking
futs
Ø Muck
Fichigan
- In J.K.Rowling’s first book, George says “we’re
not stupid; we know we’re called Gred and Forge”
- Comedian F.Chase Taylor published a book with
stories subtitled
Ø Wart
pun: Aysop’s Feebles
Ø Tart
pooh: Tany and other fales
Ø Beeping Sleauty.
Here are some more spoonerisms:
Go
and shake a tower
Plaster
man
Trim
your snow tail
Chewing
the doors
Now I think you can figure out what it means
without the bracket hint.
Keep Spoonering!!
Usage information gathered from Google, Wikipedia
Keep Spoonering!!
Usage information gathered from Google, Wikipedia
