Posted on 06/21/2007 4:32:56 AM PDT by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
spoonerism \SPOO-nuh-riz-uhm\, noun
The transposition of usually initial sounds in a pair of words.
Examples:
We all know what it is to have a half-warmed fish ["half-formed wish"] inside us.
The Lord is a shoving leopard ["loving shepherd"].
It is kisstomary to cuss ["customary to kiss"] the bride.
When the boys come back from France, we'll have the hags flung out ["flags hung out"]!
Let me sew you to your sheet ["show you to your seat"].
Etymology:
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.But there is evidence to suggest that the Reverend William Archibald Spooner rarely if ever uttered a Spoonerism.
Spooner spent all his adult life at New College, Oxford, joining it as a scholar in 1862 and retiring as Warden (head of college) in 1924. The term "Spoonerism" began to appear in print around 1900, though the Oxford English Dictionary records that it had been known in Oxford colloquially since about 1885.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
And Jimi said...Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guy.
just get those standard antifred sentiments out of the way.
We need an announcement here! Somebody has great news to share!
You forgot the trophy wife with the boobs.
here is something to look for... the new rudybot talking points now involve casting aspersions on ANY CAMPAIGN that has former Bush administration officials on board. of course, they mean Fred, but they won’t name him openly. the aim is to capitalize on the fury against the immigration bill and the WH involvement in it and sweep people into the anti Bush tide and paint anyone who has former Bushies on board with that same broad brush. it’s a backhanded swipe at fred. Look for it on FR. bc it’s here. and may i commend Whyisa for being the first to identify it.
They are real and they are spectacular.
and that is a well documented and reasoned medical opinion!
at around ten am (EST) at the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire, she stopped being a coquette and became a missus.
instead of being an old fat cripple, I’m now an old fat MARRIED cripple;-)
1. Women named "Muffy"
2. Barbra Streisand Recordings
3. Chardonnay
4. Brie
5. Pate
6. Rosie O'Donnell
7. Yachting wear
8. Opera
9. Limousines
10. Iced Lattes
congrats to you and the missus, may you have many years of wedded bliss : )
thank you for your good wishes. I got the best of this deal. She is really the sweetest person I have even known and I never would have thunk that she would give someone like me the time of day.
Last night she fed me strarwberry shortcake. tomorrow night dead cow. a guy can’t ask fer more.
Does she pop out at parties? Is she unpoopular??
How could anyone believe anything they say?
speaking of that, did you read that paris hilton was refusing to eat anything in jail, lest she need to use the latrine in the cell, for fear someone would snap a pic and it would end up front page tabloid? good thing she is getting out, bc she might be daid soon, otherwise....
paid shills are usually fairly easy to spot and discounted accordingly, but it is always fun to out them.
Is she doing that again? That was her first trick to get out of jail.... don’t tell me she is using the same tactic again after her spiritual advisor told her that her spirit was not happy with how she was acting.
i heard yesterday she has lost weight. i know it’s bc of her fear of a pottyshot!
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