Last week got a little busy -you know how it goes: work, work, life, work right? I hope you like the fun word for the day:
spoonerism \SPOO-nuh-riz-uhm\, noun:
The transposition of usually initial sounds in a pair of words.
Examples:
A well-boiled icicle ["well-oiled bicycle"].
Let me sew you to your sheet ["show you to your seat"].
Spoonerism comes from the name of the Rev. William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930), a kindly but nervous Anglican clergyman and educationalist. All the above examples were committed by (or attributed to) him.
from dictionary.reference.com
3.23.2009
Thursday word of the day (on Monday) : Spoonerism
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