Lesser-known Spoonerisms

A Spoonerism, named after Rev. Spooner, is a phrase in which syllables of certain words have been swapped, often so that they form new words. A popularly used example is "Mardon me, padam, but this pie is occupewed, may I sew you to another sheet?"

Here are some new ones I've come up with I thought of*:

• A Chinese man known for irony once commissioned a wooden sculpture of himself, which he titled "Chung in Teak"
• Looking to start her day off with a kick, the martial arts instructor would often order a Tai Chi Latte.

* but it turns out other people have thought of these before (though I didn't think to search before making this post. doh!)

Comments

[Marc Cohen]

Of course, the one I've used for years...

A fast food joint for returning athletes:
Back in the Jocks

[Raven Morris]

I've never heard of a "Spoonerism", but since I was a child I've been doing what I've only heard of as syllable reversals, such as "Butterfly" becomes "Flutter-by" and so forth. Speaking whole sentences with this style of syllable reversal over the years I came up with many funny reversals.

A couple that come to mind:

The movie "Scream 2" as a reversal is "Team screw".

Well, I'm too sleepy to remember the other funny ones ... zzZzZZzZZz ... off to sleep.