Timeline for Spoonerisms in the English language
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| Oct 1, 2018 at 16:35 | comment | added | Mitch | @Marvin On seeing the French examples, it seems there should be nothing preventing lots of similar ones but in English, and if memory serves, when one first learns of the idea of Spoonerisms, that's all one things of doing, trying to come up with funny or dirty examples. And yet, as my answer gives, pretty much what is done in English is it follows the joke pattern given "What's the difference between ...?"as opposed to the French pattern of 'normal' sentence whose spoonerism is dirty. There's no stopping French or English fro following the other's pattern, it's just they don't. | |
| Oct 1, 2018 at 15:20 | comment | added | Marvin | @Mitch the 3 first ones are also great classics. The others are less common than the two I quoted. And indeed one can find a lot of english ones through google search. But this does not tell what is the real usage of them in native english countries (though this may indeed differ from a country to another) | |
| Oct 1, 2018 at 7:15 | vote | accept | Marvin | ||
| Sep 28, 2018 at 13:23 | comment | added | Mitch | @Marvin Are these the common form of French 'contrpeteries'?. A google search of 'spoonerism' will get you lots in the usual English form. | |
| Sep 28, 2018 at 13:16 | answer | added | Mitch | timeline score: 3 | |
| S Sep 28, 2018 at 9:55 | history | suggested | Tsundoku | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
spelling changes, most uppercase vs lowercase
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| Sep 28, 2018 at 9:29 | comment | added | Lawrence | You might get a wry smile by using common noun, english, instead of the proper noun, English - especially in conjunction with your comment about bawdy interpretations. | |
| Sep 28, 2018 at 9:09 | answer | added | Tsundoku | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 28, 2018 at 9:07 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Sep 28, 2018 at 8:50 | comment | added | user 66974 | You probably should ask here: literature.stackexchange.com | |
| Sep 28, 2018 at 8:25 | answer | added | Kate Bunting | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 28, 2018 at 7:55 | review | First posts | |||
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| Sep 28, 2018 at 7:51 | history | asked | Marvin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |