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Can you give nice examples for spoonerism? For example, 'our queer old dean' (dear old queen), 'A blushing crow' (crushing blow).
Asked by Muktha Radhakrishnan,
11 Dec '09 04:59 pm
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"A nosey little cook." (cozy little nook).
"Three cheers for our queer old dean!" (dear old queen, referring to Queen Victoria)
"Is it kisstomary to cuss the bride?" (customary to kiss)
"The Lord is a shoving leopard." (a loving shepherd)
"A blushing crow." (crushing blow)
"A well-boiled icicle" (well-oiled bicycle)
"You were fighting a liar in the quadrangle." (lighting a fire)
"Is the bean dizzy?" (dean busy)
"Someone is occupewing my pie. Please sew me to another sheet." (occupying my pew...show me to another seat)
"You have hissed all my mystery lectures. You have tasted a whole worm. Please leave Oxford on the next town drain." (missed...history, wasted...term, down train)
Answered by Pardeep kapoor, 11 Dec '09 05:02 pm
"Three cheers for our queer old dean!" (dear old queen, referring to Queen Victoria)
"Is it kisstomary to cuss the bride?" (customary to kiss)
"The Lord is a shoving leopard." (a loving shepherd)
"A blushing crow." (crushing blow)
"A well-boiled icicle" (well-oiled bicycle)
"You were fighting a liar in the quadrangle." (lighting a fire)
"Is the bean dizzy?" (dean busy)
"Someone is occupewing my pie. Please sew me to another sheet." (occupying my pew...show me to another seat)
"You have hissed all my mystery lectures. You have tasted a whole worm. Please leave Oxford on the next town drain." (missed...history, wasted...term, down train)
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Bottle in front of me (Frontal Lobotomy)
Sale of two titties (Tale of two cities)
Rental Deceptionist (Dental Receptionist)
Flock of bats (Block of flats)
Chewing the doors (Doing the chores)
Got them from the Net
Answered by gem mina, 11 Dec '09 08:03 pm
Sale of two titties (Tale of two cities)
Rental Deceptionist (Dental Receptionist)
Flock of bats (Block of flats)
Chewing the doors (Doing the chores)
Got them from the Net
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Yes.Thats really confusing sometimes.but funny.
Tease my ears----------- (Ease my tears)
A lack of pies------------- (A pack of lies)
It's roaring with pain --------------(It's pouring with rain)
Wave the sails -------------------(Save the whales)
Answered by BeHappy, 11 Dec '09 05:04 pm
Tease my ears----------- (Ease my tears)
A lack of pies------------- (A pack of lies)
It's roaring with pain --------------(It's pouring with rain)
Wave the sails -------------------(Save the whales)
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