Wordsmith.org: the magic of words

Wordsmith Talk

About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us  

Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4
#146317 09/03/05 06:59 AM
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 3,467
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 3,467
Hey, plutarch, did your prescription run out?



TEd
#146318 09/03/05 11:18 AM
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 10
R
stranger
Offline
stranger
R
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 10
"moss" is a sock puppet (pseudonym) for an individual who has been banned by management from this site. Apparently, he has taken the trouble to find another computer from which to post. He uses other pseudonyms as well, including "plutarch" "carpathian" and several more. Apparently, he has seen fit to find another computer from which to post. It is generally believed that it is his intention to destroy this board.


#146319 09/04/05 12:29 PM
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 500
E
addict
Offline
addict
E
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 500
Au contraire, I agree with Insel - it's a spoonerism, and apparently one of the original Spooner-isms.


#146320 09/11/05 07:15 AM
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,624
Pooh-Bah
Offline
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,624
As far as I am aware this is the original:

Dr Spooner was an Oxford don, and he was admonishing a wayward student:

"Sir, you have deliberately tasted two whole worms. You have hissed all my mystery lectures, and you have been caught fighting a liar in the quad. You will leave by the next town drain!"


#146321 09/11/05 11:34 AM
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 2,379
I
Pooh-Bah
Offline
Pooh-Bah
I
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 2,379
Too's where?!


#146322 09/11/05 01:23 PM
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 10,713
Likes: 2
W
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
W
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 10,713
Likes: 2
Sounds to me too polished to be the "real" original. Though you never can tell.

My impression (unsubstantiated) was that the original went, "Mardon me, Padam, you're occupewing the wrong pie. Let me sew you to another sheet!" There is a certain consistency to this hypothesis; he was the Reverend Spooner, remember...


#146323 09/11/05 02:18 PM
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788
Reverend Spooner
by Jerry H. Jenkins

Reverend Spooner's words amuse;
at times they scare, sometimes they tickle.
He went riding in the pews
upon his new well-boiled icicle.

Queen Victoria came to town.
He was pleased she'd graced the scene,
so raised a toast to country, crown,
and, of course, "Our queer old dean."

Reverend Spooner was a charmer
and his words flowed out like oil:
He spoke in praise of England's farmers
as "those noble tons of soil".

Students' pranks aroused his choler.
Grumpy Spooner, man of God,
rebuked a pyrotechnic scholar
for "fighting a liar in the quad".

To a slacker, Spooner spoke
in a voice of mournful texture:
"Being tardy's not a joke:
You have hissed my mystery lecture."

He went on, in anger frowning:
(How the hapless student squirms,
reprimanded for his clowning):
"You have tasted two whole worms!"

He was always full of grace,
polite to all he chanced to meet.
To one who took the Reverend's place:
"May I sew you to another sheet?"

But fell upon his verbal lance
when he claimed (this man devout):
"When our boys come home from France,
we will have the hags flung out."

http://www.ablemuse.com/2k/jhjenkins-spooner.htm




Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 10,713
Likes: 2
W
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
W
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 10,713
Likes: 2
In the 1930s here was published/broadcast a series of short selections, some fairy tales and some Aesop's Fables, all Spoonerized: My Tale is Twisted, by Col. Lemuel Stoopnagle (pseud). (The practice was modernized decades later by political satirists The Capitol Steps - they called them "Lirty Dies"...but I digress.)

Only a couple of years ago the Stoopnagle volume was re-issued and is still available - see http://www.stoneandscott.com/humor.asp. Your local library may have it too, or be able to get it for you. "The Mion and the Louse" and "The Pee Little Thrigs" are classics.


Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788
This made me remember "Cinderella and her Sisty Uglers".

http://snipurl.com/hljp



#146326 09/12/05 10:53 AM
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 2
R
stranger
Offline
stranger
R
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 2
Another reportedly original Spoonerism comes of his occupying the middle flat (set of rooms, actually) on a certain stair, with Professor Hedlam above him and Professor Bell below. You can see it coming! On being asked how he liked his digs, he replied, "Oh, it's very jolly, what with Bedlam above and Hell below!".

ADRW


ADRW
Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4

Moderated by  Jackie 

Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,580
Members9,187
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members
Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo
9,187 Registered Users
Who's Online Now
0 members (), 332 guests, and 0 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days)
Top Posters
wwh 13,858
Faldage 13,803
Jackie 11,613
wofahulicodoc 10,713
tsuwm 10,542
LukeJavan8 9,931
AnnaStrophic 6,511
Wordwind 6,296
of troy 5,400
Disclaimer: Wordsmith.org is not responsible for views expressed on this site. Use of this forum is at your own risk and liability - you agree to hold Wordsmith.org and its associates harmless as a condition of using it.

Home | Today's Word | Yesterday's Word | Subscribe | FAQ | Archives | Search | Feedback
Wordsmith Talk | Wordsmith Chat

© 1994-2024 Wordsmith

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5