Revival of Spoonerisms?
[email protected] Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:37:04 EDT
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--part1_196.30b585c6.2e9c5700_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey Folks. =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 There seems to be a revival of spoonerisms going on. In = my new novel=20 "Millard Fillmore, Mon Amour," the neurotic hero gets so anxious around=20 beautiful women he starts sputtering spoonerisms. This Sunday's New York Ti= mes=20 crossword was a Spoonerism Puzzle and I believe there will be a new kids' b= ook that=20 features them.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 In case you don't know, a spoonerism is a silly wordplay= game in which=20 you transpose the first letter or letters of 2 words in a sentence. For=20 example: "take a shower" would be "shake a tower": "seeding a little nun" b= ecomes=20 "needing a little sun." And so forth. It's kind of fun, but if you're like = me,=20 you're probably driving your family a little nuts with them. Odd, no? =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Best, JohnB. --part1_196.30b585c6.2e9c5700_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML> <FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SA= NSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Hey Folks.<BR> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 There seems to be a revival of spoonerisms going on. In = my new novel "Millard Fillmore, Mon Amour," the neurotic hero gets so anxio= us around beautiful women he starts sputtering spoonerisms. This Sunday's N= ew York Times crossword was a Spoonerism Puzzle and I believe there will be= a new kids' book that features them. <BR> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 In case you don't know, a spoonerism is a silly wordplay= game in which you transpose the first letter or letters of 2 words in a se= ntence. For example: "take a shower" would be "shake a tower": "seeding a l= ittle nun" becomes "needing a little sun." And so forth. It's kind of fun, = but if you're like me, you're probably driving your family a little nuts wi= th them. Odd, no?<BR> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Best, JohnB.<BR> </FONT> <br> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <br> <tt><hr width=3D"500"> <b>Yahoo! Groups Links</b><br> <ul> <li>To visit your group on the web, go to:<br><a href=3D"http://groups.yaho= o.com/group/bookworm/">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bookworm/</a><br> = ; <li>To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:<br><a href=3D"mailto:= [email protected]?subject=3DUnsubscribe">bookworm-unsubs= [email protected]</a><br> <li>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the <a href=3D"http://docs.yaho= o.com/info/terms/">Yahoo! Terms of Service</a>. </ul> </tt> </br> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> </HTML> --part1_196.30b585c6.2e9c5700_boundary--