deliberate mistakes

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

In a related vein, IIRC, the late Peter Tamony (Word-Man of San Francisco) often humorously signed off his letters with "West bishes" (Best wishes).
 
Gerald Cohen

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From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Arnold M. Zwicky
Sent: Thu 6/7/2007 11:58 AM
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Subject: deliberate mistakes


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this is a mock spoonerism, like "swell foop" for "fell swoop" (over
20,000 webhits; this one is so common i'm surprised it hasn't made it
into the OED).

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