SOME SPOONERISMS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 166, 31 July 1937, Page 15

SOME SPOONERISMS

"The Eeverend W', A. Spooner, .Varden pf New Collogo, died on August 29, 1930, aged 86. No life of him has been published, and the tradition which has resulted ih the addition of hia namfe to the Fnglish language dp company with sach words as boycOtt, macadam, volt, etc., may die out, unless those who knew Spooner in the flesh, or remembcr amnsing specimens of metathesis which were attributed to him, come now to the rescue," says a writer in the Feriodical. "Beadera of the Periodical have rendered such services to the Oxford English Dictionary and to the Oxford Latin Dictionary, ctc.5 that it is not without sober hope that an appeal is made to them in this eonneetion. "The follOwing SpOoiierisms have been assembled, though it would not be fair to the Warden .to suggest that all are genujne, but ohe Oxford man who was up in the 'cighties is positive as to 3, 4, 5 and 6:— "(1) has .iust received a blushinp crow. "(2) for rCal enjoyment of which give me a well bo;Jcd iciclo.

"(3) from Iceland's greasy ino uatains. "(4) The cafc had popped on tls drawers. •'(5) Excuse me, but you are oceupCwing my pie (in chapel). "'■(6) Kinkering congs their titles iake. "{7) Beaching forward to the things that are behind. ' ' (8) Where must and wrath tio corrupt. "(9) daggle-trail. • ' (10) meeting his wife off the tov, n drain. •'(11) a camel passing through fchknee of an idol. *'(12) (His wife) stealing at ihe doors, ' ' (13) Fceling a half-warmed fish rising in his breast. •'(14) Tired oi addressing beery wenches. * 1 (15) Kistomary to cuss tbe - bride. "'(16) Is the Bean dizzy? "(17) The requLsites of a railway journey; 'a rag and a bug "(18) Flattified and grattered."