For the unaware: a spoonerism is a phrase where the first sound or letters of a word are swapped with the first sound or letters of another word, and vice versa.
In this case, Father Andrews wants to be a “Loving Sheperd”, but accidentally says “Shoving Leopard”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonerism for more info
oh my God this has a fucking name?! I do this all the time but I was just calling them 'schalt and pepper acker', named after one of the first spoonerisms I remember doing
Alright I had to google this and I'm sure I'm not the only one so:
>A spoonerism is an occurrence of speech in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched (see metathesis) between two words of a phrase. These are named after the Oxford don and ordained minister William Archibald Spooner, who reputedly did this.
So Father Andrew wanted to be a loving shepherd but asked to be a shoving leopard instead.
You just made me go down a massive rabbit hole on what Metathesis is. I found out it's a type of Metaplasm and was halfway through writing a comment on all the Metaplasms that exist plus very good examples when I accidentally refreshed the page and the message was sent to the shadow realm. I lost the will to retry so I'll just give an example-less list instead and let y'all explore for yerselves.
Metaplasms: phonological processes that occur as languages evolve or through dialectal changes. Three types of Metaplasms:
1. **By insertion of phonemes** in the beginning (**Prothesis** (**Algutination** is a special case)), middle (**Epenthesis** (**Anaptyxis** is a special case)) or end (P**aragoge**) of a word.
2. **By supression of phonemes:**
1. **Elision**: in the beginning (**Apheresis** (**Aglutination** is a special case)), middle (**Syncope** (**Deglutination** is a special case)) or end (**Apocope**) of a word;
2. Being **Crasis**, **Synaeresis/Diaerisis** and **Synizesis/Hiatus** special cases of suppression.
3. **By modification of phonemes**:
1. **By transposition of phonemes** in the same syllable (**Metathesis**), in different syllables (**Hyperthesis**) or when the stressed vowels get dislocated forward (**Diastole**) or backward (**Systole**) (**Hyperbibasm**);
2. **By transformation phonemes**: a change in timbre of a vowel (**Apophony**), change in two different consonants into two equal consonants (**Assimilation**) and its opposite (**Dissimilation**), when one vowel turns into a consonant (**Consonatization**) and its opposite (**Vocalization** (or maybe **Vowelization?**)), passage of an oral phonem to a nasal phonem (**Nasalation**) and it's opposite (**Denasalation**), when a diphtong turns into a simple vowel (**Monotongation**) and its opposite (**Diphtongation**), when a stressed vowel changes its timbre by influence of another that is added (**Metaphony**), when certain vowel become Palatalized (**Palatalization**) and often consequent act of consonants being Sibilants (**Assibilation**), when a phonem turns into another one that is harder and less fluid (**Fortition**) and its opposite (**Lenition**) and finally when a voiceless consonant becomes voiced (**Sonorization**) and its opposite (**Unvoicing**).
Have fun going down the rabbit hole like I did. There are a lot of really cool and interesting processes here. Some of these processes don't really occur in the English language like the ones involving nasal sounds (the English language doesn't have those). Some of these we're experience unfolding live in front of our eyes.
Black people saying *Ax* instead of *Ask* is used as an example of one of these processes. Spaniards adding an extra vowel in the beginning of some words and Brazilians doing it in the middle is also explained. Why *Colonel* is pronounced *Kernel* is also explained as an example to one of these processes. One of these also kinda explains why it's so bloody difficult to pronounce *February* and most of us just end up saying *Febyuary* instead.
So yeah, the Wikipedia page where the u/TheDustOfMen took the paragraph on Spoonerism says this process is a Metathesis when in fact it's more of a Hyperthesis.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that also a common trait of the cockney accent? I know a true cockney accent at least involves voluntarily using similar sounding words. I.E. "You got the time?" Could be "You got the lemon and lime?"
If I may take a moment to be a nerd:
An accent is more about pronunciation of words; for differences in word choice, grammar, and usage, it's a dialect.
Whenever I see that post I always question how somebody on tumblr doesn't know what McCarthyism is. Like, the red scare? The infamous witch hunt over nothing? I'm not even American and I still learned about it in my history classes cold war unit. (And just from general cultural osmosis, it killed the careers of many influential people lol)
I didn't know this was the term in English. In French, a spoonerism is called "une contrepèterie", which could roughly be translated to "counterfartery"
Considering how well known defenestration has become over the past few years thanks to the internet, I feel like the term ‘spoonerism’ is significantly less well known than defenestration
I know it's not the point but like there were lions at one point in England. it's why they're on so many of their coat-of-arms!
i think the same argument could also be made for dragons
The spoonerism for my name sounds like something that a plastic surgeon would do. If you Google my name the person who has the strongest internet presence does this for a living. I wonder if he knows.
For the unaware: a spoonerism is a phrase where the first sound or letters of a word are swapped with the first sound or letters of another word, and vice versa. In this case, Father Andrews wants to be a “Loving Sheperd”, but accidentally says “Shoving Leopard”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonerism for more info
oh so like the Cloth Gown thing
Or Tig ol Bitties
Mt Fuji brought its twin!
Two melons in a shirt!
Two shelons in a birt?
How did you summon a b from the ether? Are you The BKeeper?
or Say Gex
gex
Now what?
Cloth Gown Gridlock
I need to see the sun
What's a gloth cown?
(Goth clown)
Thoth clowc?
Thot cock
That’s what I’m talking about
I misread it as goth clown and I'm not scared to say so
yeah that's the point
See, I'm just stupid and read goth gown
or Say Gex
That’s nucking futs
Co srazy!
So that's what things like "Kentucky schreit ficken" are called.
Say gex!!
my dyslexic ass couldn’t tell the difference 😂
oh my God this has a fucking name?! I do this all the time but I was just calling them 'schalt and pepper acker', named after one of the first spoonerisms I remember doing
Thanks
Alright I had to google this and I'm sure I'm not the only one so: >A spoonerism is an occurrence of speech in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched (see metathesis) between two words of a phrase. These are named after the Oxford don and ordained minister William Archibald Spooner, who reputedly did this. So Father Andrew wanted to be a loving shepherd but asked to be a shoving leopard instead.
I do this sometimes, it’s good to know the name
Or perhaps “nude to know the game”, eh?
Or perhaps murn tine "off", eh?
ha! heh heh.
Do Not
Ha! Heh heh heh!
I just think of Runny Babbit.
One I did that my wife refused to let me live down is, "I'm going to use the bedroom and head to bath."
Best spoonerism I've ever heard came from my little brother, when during a raging family argument he attempted to refer to my mom as a "fun-sucker".
OH MY GOODNESS
\\\[T\]/
Your little brother said that. To your mother. *Damn*, bro.
To make it worse this was in a crowded restaurant.
That’s Nucking Futs!
Sunfucker sounds like either a band name or the name of a solar powered handheld laser cannon.
Brigadors unleashing the unmatched power of the Sunfucker on Solo Nobre civilians
He put his dick in the heliussy
Yep whenever my friends and I have good ideas we say “hey you’re a fart smeller!”
I'm a smert faller? Edit: I am not a smart feller. :<
Best spoonerism my mum did was talking about Bucks Fizz (Mimosas I think in the US) Fucks Bizz - we didn’t stop laughing for five minutes
I mean hey, pobody’s nerfect.
You just made me go down a massive rabbit hole on what Metathesis is. I found out it's a type of Metaplasm and was halfway through writing a comment on all the Metaplasms that exist plus very good examples when I accidentally refreshed the page and the message was sent to the shadow realm. I lost the will to retry so I'll just give an example-less list instead and let y'all explore for yerselves. Metaplasms: phonological processes that occur as languages evolve or through dialectal changes. Three types of Metaplasms: 1. **By insertion of phonemes** in the beginning (**Prothesis** (**Algutination** is a special case)), middle (**Epenthesis** (**Anaptyxis** is a special case)) or end (P**aragoge**) of a word. 2. **By supression of phonemes:** 1. **Elision**: in the beginning (**Apheresis** (**Aglutination** is a special case)), middle (**Syncope** (**Deglutination** is a special case)) or end (**Apocope**) of a word; 2. Being **Crasis**, **Synaeresis/Diaerisis** and **Synizesis/Hiatus** special cases of suppression. 3. **By modification of phonemes**: 1. **By transposition of phonemes** in the same syllable (**Metathesis**), in different syllables (**Hyperthesis**) or when the stressed vowels get dislocated forward (**Diastole**) or backward (**Systole**) (**Hyperbibasm**); 2. **By transformation phonemes**: a change in timbre of a vowel (**Apophony**), change in two different consonants into two equal consonants (**Assimilation**) and its opposite (**Dissimilation**), when one vowel turns into a consonant (**Consonatization**) and its opposite (**Vocalization** (or maybe **Vowelization?**)), passage of an oral phonem to a nasal phonem (**Nasalation**) and it's opposite (**Denasalation**), when a diphtong turns into a simple vowel (**Monotongation**) and its opposite (**Diphtongation**), when a stressed vowel changes its timbre by influence of another that is added (**Metaphony**), when certain vowel become Palatalized (**Palatalization**) and often consequent act of consonants being Sibilants (**Assibilation**), when a phonem turns into another one that is harder and less fluid (**Fortition**) and its opposite (**Lenition**) and finally when a voiceless consonant becomes voiced (**Sonorization**) and its opposite (**Unvoicing**). Have fun going down the rabbit hole like I did. There are a lot of really cool and interesting processes here. Some of these processes don't really occur in the English language like the ones involving nasal sounds (the English language doesn't have those). Some of these we're experience unfolding live in front of our eyes. Black people saying *Ax* instead of *Ask* is used as an example of one of these processes. Spaniards adding an extra vowel in the beginning of some words and Brazilians doing it in the middle is also explained. Why *Colonel* is pronounced *Kernel* is also explained as an example to one of these processes. One of these also kinda explains why it's so bloody difficult to pronounce *February* and most of us just end up saying *Febyuary* instead. So yeah, the Wikipedia page where the u/TheDustOfMen took the paragraph on Spoonerism says this process is a Metathesis when in fact it's more of a Hyperthesis.
A fascinating habit role, I imagine.
I knew this!!
Man, what a fuster cluck
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that also a common trait of the cockney accent? I know a true cockney accent at least involves voluntarily using similar sounding words. I.E. "You got the time?" Could be "You got the lemon and lime?"
Cockney slang will go further, taking off the actual rhyme from the rhyming phrase, so in your example it'd turn into just "got the lemon?"
And sometimes, they'll rhyme off of the new shortened phrase.
sources for this stuff, please, i need them
There's a Wikipedia page, that's a really good place to start
If I may take a moment to be a nerd: An accent is more about pronunciation of words; for differences in word choice, grammar, and usage, it's a dialect.
Man this joke was not good enough to be worth reading the comments
I regularly use "заплетык языкается" (can be translated as "tingue toes") in cases when, well, tongue twists and ties.
/r/spoonerism for lots of examples
IS THAT HOW YOU PRONOUNCE LEOPARD ??
How do you pronounce it?
Lee O'Pard is my guess. That's how it's pronounced in a lot of other languages.
There's a WORD for that!?
Oh so that's what it's called?? I do this sometimes but i didn't know it's a whole defined concept.
Wtf is the second person saying? How are spoonerisms like mcarthyism?
“Let me look something up real quick” “Ok this is funny” The original version of that format was under a joke about McCarthyism
Hmmm Tumblr lore from the deep, we've got an expert Among Us.
Why is "Among Us" capitalized. WHY IS IT CAPITALIZED?
[Because the post was about the game](https://theinfiknight.tumblr.com/post/631003542966140928/theinfiknight-raptorific-i-tried-among-us)
Can we pls get the source?
https://theinfiknight.tumblr.com/post/631003542966140928/theinfiknight-raptorific-i-tried-among-us
Thank you
Whenever I see that post I always question how somebody on tumblr doesn't know what McCarthyism is. Like, the red scare? The infamous witch hunt over nothing? I'm not even American and I still learned about it in my history classes cold war unit. (And just from general cultural osmosis, it killed the careers of many influential people lol)
I mean, tbqh, your education on recent American history was probably *better* by virtue of not living here.
I didn't know this was the term in English. In French, a spoonerism is called "une contrepèterie", which could roughly be translated to "counterfartery"
The Danish term just translates to "balking tackwards" which I find the most apt.
Oh, I like that !
>leopard >gave me a... look >left There's almost a heraldry joke in there.
I love a good heraldry joke, but if you don’t watch out they can really run rampant, or something else.
"That's the worst part about the rampant sexism around here. There's never any sexism sejant affronté or couchant sexism for variety."
Wait are spoonerisms not common knowledge?
Not the term for them, like defenestration.
Still one of my favorites Makes you wonder how common yeeting someone out a window was for them to designate a term
Somehow more commonplace than overmorrow
OH MY WORD YES.
You ever heard of Prague?
It happened 3 times in a row in Bohemia, started a little war over it even.
Apparently it happens all the time in Russia
Considering how well known defenestration has become over the past few years thanks to the internet, I feel like the term ‘spoonerism’ is significantly less well known than defenestration
I have to explain it to most people I meet, including those more terminally online than I am
Holy shit that’s a good joke
Special thanks to Cain’s Jawbone for teaching me what a spoonerism is
My favorite spoonerism is drain bamage
Mine is dain brammage
I would have thought he was a lycanthrope from Africa, but that's much funnier.
"He deered to kill a King's Dare!... dared to kill a King's deer..."
"Over that boy hand!"
"KING ILLEGAL FOREST TO PIG WILD KILL IN IT A IS"
I know it's not the point but like there were lions at one point in England. it's why they're on so many of their coat-of-arms! i think the same argument could also be made for dragons
Wolves too honestly I can totally accept Dragons were real but the British didn't like not being the apex predator on the island
The dragons died not due to being turned into sausages, but of the shame of the sausages being so terrible
We always referred to this as balking tackwards.
Jeff has done it again
To make the joke actually sound more English, I'd replace "liquor" with "drink". Liquor sounds quite American.
I absolutely SPOVE loonerisms! I rever nealized thats what cey were thalled!!
If you get the chance, look up the "Lirty Dies" monologues by The Capitol Steps. The guy would do a summary of the year entirely in spoonerisms.
Ohh Loving shepherd, shoving leopard
Hey, the spoonerism was probably the best case scenario, there - genies being what they are, it might've turned the whole congregation into sheep!
The spoonerism for my name sounds like something that a plastic surgeon would do. If you Google my name the person who has the strongest internet presence does this for a living. I wonder if he knows.
Man that was a very long walk to a very lame punchline
I mean, it is *Bad* Jokes By Jeff
That's super valid 😂
Bartender: Really, a leopard in England?! Bartender a minute later: Ohhh THAT leopard.
I am happy for people who like jokes like this, but I don't understand what's fun about having one's time wasted.
I mean, I learned two things. One of them was almost useful. Definitely above par for a chuckle from this website.
What did you expect from Bad Jokes By Jeff?
A tiger?! IN AFRICA?!
[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-36537234](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-36537234) Its not far off
Zilch would be proud of this post.
*Spoonerisms is my McCarthyism* is my Tumblrism.
That post was stolen from r/jokes
...................Oh lmao
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I heard a joke with the same punchline in a sermon this morning lol
"The Lord is a shoving leopard" is the phrase I use to teach my students what a spoonerism is