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Silly sound transposition
Answer for the clue "Silly sound transposition ", 10 letters:
spoonerism
Alternative clues for the word spoonerism
- "Blushing crow" for "crushing blow."
- Something said by self-described birdwatcher?
- A slip of the tongue? - no promises
- What each of the other four longest answers in this puzzle is
- Transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
- ''Let me sew you to your sheet,'' e.g
- "Let me sew you to your sheet," e.g
- A slip of the tongue? — no promises (anag)
Word definitions for spoonerism in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
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 ...
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.