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Answer for the clue "Something said by self-described birdwatcher? ", 10 letters:
spoonerism

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A spoonerism is an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding consonants , vowels , or morphemes are switched (see metathesis ) between two words in a phrase. An example is saying "The Lord is a shoving leopard" instead of " The ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words

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.

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Two other special interest groups are SIGVOICE, concentrating on topics ranging from accents to spoonerisms, and SIGTRAN, dedicated to the art of translation.