Friday, May 31, 2013
Spoonerisms
My husband introduced me to Spoonerisms years ago, and we sometimes enjoy using them in everyday conversation. For instance, rather than "take a shower", we'll "shake a tower". It's fun to play with words in this manner because it's pretty easy and it's often met with people having to take a few seconds to think about what you just said when you use them.
Shel Silverstein once wrote a poem using a whole bunch of Spoonerisms:
If you'd like more of the same, you can check out his book, Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook.
Here are some more common Spoonerism sayings to use in everyday conversation:
"I must mend the sail." (send the mail)
"Would you like some belly jeans?" (jelly beans)
"I need a broaf of lead." (loaf of bread)
"I need to clip my noe tails" (toe nails)
"I hear bedding wells!" (wedding bells)
"Nye for bow!" (Bye for now!)
I hope you enjoy thinking up more Spoonerisms, and feel free to use them in your future conversations just for the fun of it!
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