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Spoonerisms #01
"Spoonerisms are words or phrases in which letters or syllables get swapped. This often happens accidentally in slips of the tongue (or tips of the slung as Spoonerisms are often affectionately called!)"
Source: www.fun-with-words.com
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Spoonerism
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01.
fighting a liar
lighting a fire
02.
you hissed my mystery lecture
you missed my history lecture
03.
cattle ships and bruisers
battle ships and cruisers
04.
nosey little cook
cosy little nook
05.
a blushing crow
a crushing blow
06.
tons of soil
sons of toil
07.
our queer old Dean
our dear old Queen
08.
we'll have the hags flung out
we'll have the flags hung out
09.
you've tasted two worms
you've wasted two terms
10.
our shoving leopard
our loving shepherd
11.
a half-warmed fish
a half-formed wish
12.
is the bean dizzy?
is the Dean busy?
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Tacitus
+1
Level 28
Dec 12, 2013
Really enjoyable.
ecp
+3
Level 43
Apr 29, 2014
Would you please allow "cozy" for "cosy"? It's sometimes hard for me to remember exactly which words have alternate spellings in other dialects.
kenpo17
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Level 66
Oct 19, 2018
Yes please!
lucd13
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Level 69
May 14, 2014
As a monarchist, is it wrong that #7 made me laugh?
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Sep 10, 2019
The hags flung out was funny, and yes, you could cut of like 8 minutes.
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