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Welcome, timr. Your program seems pretty nifty to me; the only kind of improvements I can imagine would probably require undue complexity (along the lines of validating homophones that occur in a recognised dictionary, in order to obviate the kind of only-partial Spoonerism you drew attention to). It still seems a clever bit of programming to this simpleton, and personally I don't care a dying fluck for whatever kind of language you care to use, fwiw!
Note to others on this board: responses thus far seem to me extremely rude and ungracious to a new poster whose question remains unaddressed. I suggest you get over your own obsessions, or shut up.
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C'mon, Maverick. Do not shilly-shally nor beat around the bush. Refrain from obfuscation. Expose your inner self and tell us what you really think. No need for reticence here.
And a renewed welcome to Tim.
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What a cute idea, timr. I tried "fish fork" just to see your "I'm sorry Dave ..." message. :)
I put in several more phrases, but as of yet have no good hits. I'd be interested to see what your favorites are so far.
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I'm sorry thave, i'm afraid i can't do dat.
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> No need for reticence here.
s'me, Father, guilcup as charged: subtle as a housebrick! Sorry for any offence caused anyone, but it did seem unfair on a legitimate new poster...
'Git of wod' got me thinking about another suggestion, timr: howsabout ignoring connections like 'the' in the melting pot? Spoonerism only seems to work on certain principle parts of speech, doesn't it? ~ I expect the grammmarians like Fong, tsuwm, Bingley and others can help pin the butterfly more accurately.
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I can't get at "fabelbish.com", but I'm looking forward to trying it out. Thanks, timr, for another hit of our word addiction. And don't mind maverick - he's always been shy about expressing himself - needs a little encouragement (very little - oops, did I say that with my outside voice?).
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When pain and anguish wring the brow, an interesting mangle thou, as we used to say in the good old days when the pun and the Spoonerismus were in fashion. - Aldous Huxley, Antic Hay
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As I was reading your post ((welcome by the way) I thought how much I enjoy true spoonerisms as well as puns. Then I heard myself think that "I like most humor but I prefer a sniggle to a chucker."
Help
....mee
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