English QUIZ Spoonerism 10102023 tue

 

English QUIZ

Spoonerism

10102023 tue

“'I have never before addressed so may tons of soil.'

You have hissed the mystery lectures.

"The Lord is a shoving leopard”

What mistake / peculiarity you find in the sentences above?

Answer

Spoonerism =

a verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words, often to humorous effect, as in the sentence

“'I have never before addressed so may tons of soil, which should read as ---------- sons of soil,

You have hissed the mystery lectures which should be

you have missed the history lectures

The Lord is a shoving leopard."

Correct form Is "The Lord is a loving shepherd.

A spoonerism is usually accidental and may have a comic effect.

The term spoonerism is derived from the name of William A. Spooner (1844–1930), who had a reputation for making these slips of the tongue.

Spoonerisms are fairly common in everyday speech and were well known, of course, even before Reverend Spooner lent his name to the phenomenon.

“நக்க மின்றி “

“மக்க மிகிழ்ச்சி “

I use in speech but so far I have not come across spoonerism in Tamil writing.

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