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Transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
Answer for the clue "Transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words ", 10 letters:
spoonerism
Alternative clues for the word spoonerism
- Something said by self-described birdwatcher?
- "Let me sew you to your sheet," e.g
- Chewing the doors, for example
- A slip of the tongue? — no promises (anag)
- Loose Brie, for example
- No promises to be broken? It sounds the wrong way round
- What each of the other four longest answers in this puzzle is
- A slip of the tongue? - no promises
- ''Let me sew you to your sheet,'' e.g
Word definitions for spoonerism in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
Usage examples of spoonerism.
Two other special interest groups are SIGVOICE, concentrating on topics ranging from accents to spoonerisms, and SIGTRAN, dedicated to the art of translation.