Example sentences for: spoonerisms

How can you use “spoonerisms” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I am not suggesting that all the fun should be taken out of Spoonerisms; but, when transposed sounds reveal profound universal anxieties, then perhaps we should go beyond merely enjoying a good laugh.

  • As an Englishman long addicated to spoonerisms and living in German-speaking parts, I have inevitably succumbed to the spell of the Schuttelreim .

  • ” Obscene spoonerisms represent the pinnacle of spooner-type wit (or is that wooner-type spit?

  • Meaningless spoonerisms may be amusing in sound, but do not create real words.

  • Auditory spoonerisms preserve the right sound when transposed, but require varied spelling when written.


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