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If done intentionally as a pun, this would be called a transpositional pun. For example, in the context of paving a switchback trail with stones, someone might say "Leave no turn unstoned!" (sorry)

The Wikipedia page lists several more examples:

Dieting: A waist is a terrible thing to mind. 
Olympic officials: The souls that time men's tries. 
Hangovers: The wrath of grapes. 
The oboe: An ill wind nobody blows good. 
Feudalism: It's your count that votes! 
Soldiers of fortune: Give chance a piece 
Vigilantism: the soul of the Dark Knight 
Trophies: the memory of persistence

If done intentionally as a pun, this would be called a transpositional pun. For example, in the context of paving a switchback trail with stones, someone might say "Leave no turn unstoned!" (sorry)

The Wikipedia page lists several more examples:

Dieting: A waist is a terrible thing to mind. Olympic officials: The souls that time men's tries. Hangovers: The wrath of grapes. The oboe: An ill wind nobody blows good. Feudalism: It's your count that votes! Soldiers of fortune: Give chance a piece Vigilantism: the soul of the Dark Knight Trophies: the memory of persistence

If done intentionally as a pun, this would be called a transpositional pun. For example, in the context of paving a switchback trail with stones, someone might say "Leave no turn unstoned!" (sorry)

The Wikipedia page lists several more examples:

Dieting: A waist is a terrible thing to mind. 
Olympic officials: The souls that time men's tries. 
Hangovers: The wrath of grapes. 
The oboe: An ill wind nobody blows good. 
Feudalism: It's your count that votes! 
Soldiers of fortune: Give chance a piece 
Vigilantism: the soul of the Dark Knight 
Trophies: the memory of persistence

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If done intentionally as a pun, this would be called a transpositional pun. For example, in the context of paving a switchback trail with stones, someone might say "Leave no turn unstoned!" (sorry)

The Wikipedia page lists several more examples:

Dieting: A waist is a terrible thing to mind. Olympic officials: The souls that time men's tries. Hangovers: The wrath of grapes. The oboe: An ill wind nobody blows good. Feudalism: It's your count that votes! Soldiers of fortune: Give chance a piece Vigilantism: the soul of the Dark Knight Trophies: the memory of persistence