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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread synonymous spoonerisms #27301 04/25/2001 6:45 PM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2 CA spoonernut stranger spoonernut stranger Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2 CA I have started collecting synonymous spoonerisms. Before I learned about this talk room, I put one in an e-mail to Anu, and couple of weeks later it appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle Datebook crossword puzzle??? coincidence?? Anyhow I have 2 so far (actually 3, but one involvnig truckers is not appropriate for this site). the 2 I have found are: butterfly=>flutter by Iditarod dog sled race=>Iditarod slog dead race Any one got any? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: synonymous spoonerisms #27302 04/25/2001 7:31 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Hello, spoonernut, and welcome to the board. Flutter by is a favorite, and I'm glad to learn your Iditarod spoonerism. I would also like to see your trucker one. To spare the more sensitive, may I suggest that you post the spoonerism in white type, so that only those really wishing to read it do so? To post in white, do this: <white>trucker => adgff</white> with the angle brackets replaced with square brackets. The finished product will look like this: trucker => adgff Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: synonymous spoonerisms #27303 04/26/2001 9:45 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Let me add my welcome to that of the Michigan Mouthpiece*, Spoonernut! I used to spoonerise as a nervous thing when I was younger. Once when I took a forbidden short cut through the foyer of the main school building I was challenged by the rector, who asked me what I was doing. I said, "I'm just throwing goo, sir." He at least had the grace to see the funny side ... *"Mouthpiece" used to be English slang for a lawyer ... The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: synonymous spoonerisms #27304 04/26/2001 1:58 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 60 Oregon, USA teresag journeyman teresag journeyman Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 60 Oregon, USA Why can't I resist saying spoononymous synerisms? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: synonymous spoonerisms #27305 04/26/2001 6:37 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Welcome, F.Z. Making funny could get you arrested for counterfeiting. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: synonymous spoonerisms #27306 04/26/2001 11:53 PM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2 CA spoonernut stranger spoonernut stranger Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2 CA Thanks to all who replied to my last post. The mystery #3 is simply the F word gerund in front of truckers. Spoonerized it means the same or almost the same thing, hence SYNONYMOUS. Last Sunday I found one not exactly synonymous, but is appropriate to the way I feel about it sometimes: New York Times Crossword Puzzle==>New York Crimes! Toss word puzzle. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: synonymous spoonerisms #27307 04/27/2001 7:56 AM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom rodward addict rodward addict Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom Welcome, spoonernut. Check back on the board for some recent spoonerism chat by using the Search facility. My kids always refered to Runny Babbits. Rod Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: synonymous spoonerisms #27308 05/05/2001 2:05 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago ...involvnig truckers is not appropriate for this site... Aside from the occasional political "right bashing" (Hi Rod) and mentioning the phrase "Ta-ta's" (Hi AnnaS), talking about the acts or actions apart from the terms used to describe them seems to be the "no-no". I'm sure, when you have enough "bite rashing" collected you can bury them "truckin fuckers" somewhere in the middle of a list where they'll be less offensive. I included your typo "involvnig" as an example how coincedence plays its role all around you, as a very recent thread has spoke of the same digit switching happenstance. Anu seems to be silent enough where we will never know if he was a link in the spread to Frisco Bay, but since this has happened to you twice, I'd say you're on the "trite rack". Welcome Aboard! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: synonymous spoonerisms #27309 05/08/2001 6:27 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia Or is that spontaneous cynicism? I am reminded of a comedian who recited a spoonerised version of Cindarella. And I quote "Cindarella was all bressed to go to the dall and she looked beerly rootiful". Rapport was established superficially. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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