What’s a Spoonerism?

Spoonerism is the transposition of sounds in two words, often resulting in humorous outcomes. It differs from a slip of the tongue and can be used for entertainment. Metathesis is a broader term for changing sound order, including dialectical variations. Named after the British scholar Reverend William Archibald Spooner, Spoonerism is an inadvertent transposition of […]

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