Spazy Croonerisms 5Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms?
1) a circular depression & a part for a canine actor 2) a container for an alcoholic beverage & an insignificant insect 3) a container for a container & the bottom of a coffin 4) a cunning wolf relative & insect foot coverings What Next?
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