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<font size="-1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Yes, I was thinking of the
term, Spoonerism, which is based on a personality (??) trait. Along
with the tendency to transpose consonants goes a stereotype of someone
who's sort of an airhead. But the term doesn't name the personality
trait; rather the effect that others experience due to a kink in the
brain or something.<br>
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Cool story...<br>
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Kim<br>
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style="font-size: 14pt;">Kim, what do you mean by “Spoonerism” in
relation to this
thread? Did you mean the word formation type “name of famous person”
+ -ism. If not, </span></font><font color="black" face="Arial"><span
style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">yes, why don’t we share some
good
spoonerisms on this list, where plays on words are welcome.</span></font><font
color="black" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black;"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Here is one:<o></o></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o> </o></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">A </span></font><font
color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">certain
village chief once visited <st1>Europe</st1>
and saw how European royalty</span></font><font face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-family: Tahoma;"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">live. In
particular, he was impressed by the British queen on
her grand</span></font><font face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-family: Tahoma;"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">throne. When
he got back to his village in <st1>Africa</st1>,
he got a throne made,</span></font><font face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-family: Tahoma;"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">just like
the queen's. But he had problems fitting it in his
grass hut -</span></font><font face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-family: Tahoma;"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">every
evening he would have to move it out to make space for
sleeping. So he</span></font><font face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-family: Tahoma;"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">devised a
plan - he worked out a clever system of pulleys and
ropes, so</span></font><font face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-family: Tahoma;"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">that, at the
end of each day's official business, he would
just have the</span></font><font face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-family: Tahoma;"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">throne
lifted up into the roof of the hut, leaving space for
sleeping</span></font><font face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-family: Tahoma;"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">underneath
it. Tragically, on the first night of the new
arrangement, a gust</span></font><font face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-family: Tahoma;"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">of wind, or
a passing gecko, or simply the weight of the
great throne, sent</span></font><font face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-family: Tahoma;"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">it crashing
down on top of the chief and his wife, and they
were killed.</span></font><font face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-family: Tahoma;"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">Which all
goes to show that people in grass houses shouldn't
stow thrones!<o></o></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Fritz <o></o></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></font><font face="Comic Sans MS"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">How
about "Spoonerism"<wbr>? A bit different but...<br>
Kim</span></font><o></o></p>
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<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> Apart
from the biblical
names, how about living people or from the more recent past:<o></o></span></font><o></o></p>
<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> he is
no Maradona, he is a
wannabe Elvis, you are not a Jack Kennedy<o></o></span></font><o></o></p>
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Best wishes,<br>
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John Roberts<br>
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