Word: spoonerism
Category: spoonerism
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german
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schüttelreim, Verballhornung, Schüttelreim, lustiger Versprecher
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french
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contrepèterie
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italian
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metatesi
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portuguese
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spoonerism de
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russian
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Спунеризм
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swedish
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Spoonerism
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finnish
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Sananmuunnos
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danish
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Bakke snagvendt
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polish
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Spuneryzm
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turkish
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Spoonerism
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greek
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παραδρομή γλώσσας
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ukrainian
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Спунеризм
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belarusian
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Спунеризм
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slovenian
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Spunerizem
The meaning and "use of": spoonerism
noun
- 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 you have hissed the mystery lectures , accidentally spoken instead of the intended sentence you have missed the history lectures. - The best-known of these are the sound transpositions called spoonerisms .
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