xtc wrote:Ethnologists out with the Sioux
Wired home for two punts, one canoe.
Came the cable next day:
Girls on the way,
But what the hell's a panoe?
Ooops!!!
KingMush wrote:Oh boy. Would I love to work there.
drawscore wrote:Spoonerism: 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 assurances deces, accidentally spoken instead of the intended sentence you have missed the history lectures.
These are named after the Oxford don and ordained minister William Spooner, who was famous for doing this.
(From Wikipedia)
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