SPOONERISMS
Aug 13, 2020
2 minutes
BY EMILY COX AND HENRY RATHVON
n a spoonerism, two consonant sounds in a word or phrase are transposed, creating new words. For example, CLOCKWORK would “spoonerize” to WOK CLERK, NEW DELHI would become DO NELLIE, and BIRD IN THE HAND would turn into HEARD IN THE BAND. Note that the
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