Spazy Croonerisms
Language 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) no-cost fish lures & honey shipment
2) leaping legumes & colliding dungarees
3) crustacean movement & criminal sunscreen
4) baseball term & seasonal pig
Answer
1) free bait & bee freight
2) jumping beans & bumping jeans
3) lobster motion & mobster lotion
4) ball four & fall boar
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timilee   
Apr 25, 2005
| good 1
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froggygg
Apr 25, 2005
| I managed to get all but the lobster motion/mobster lotion. The only thing that came to mind was crab walk and con block!
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darthforman
Apr 25, 2005
| 
I gidn't det any.
I didn't get any.
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Rowsdower
Apr 26, 2005
| Splendid!!  |
Tammy93
Apr 26, 2005
| I got all of them, but that's just because I'm obsessed with these puzzles. VERY CLEVER. Definatly a favorite.  |
libra0890 
Apr 28, 2005
| wow that was awesome |
zonahobo
May 07, 2005
| I liked the middle toast err ..title most! Freight Gun!! |
mmmmfon
May 19, 2005
| Have you read Shel Silverstein's new book "Runny Babbit"? Not just for kids - it's fery vunny. |
honker190
May 20, 2005
| Love the Spider reference, keep up the good work! |
FulanitoGM
May 26, 2005
| Good one. I only got #2... the easiest one, eh?  |
Darveed
May 26, 2005
| Got first 3, but being English don't know anything about Baseball, and Fall is autumn to me |
Chelsie
May 26, 2005
| LOL that was great! |
SummerStorm
May 26, 2005
| Haha I didn't get any! Good job! |
RichNCoco
May 26, 2005
| Very fun! I got number 2 at least!  |
quantumpbrane
May 26, 2005
| pretty good ones. not easy, if you ask me. |
sillygirl
May 26, 2005
| very cool |
Devlonas
May 26, 2005
| Best yet. Very clever and fun to solve. |
VAPOR_1
May 26, 2005
| Now that's my type of teaser! Got all of 'em except the last one. Keep 'em coming! |
gilco
May 26, 2005
| very clever! |
Breezer
May 26, 2005
| That was great. I like very much! |
babybabe1
May 26, 2005
| what woz dat all about?  |
cwbored
May 26, 2005
| I had no idea what was going on there...... |
FeaerFactorY666
May 26, 2005
| Very good! |
riddlelover
May 26, 2005
| I love spazy croonerisms. Unfortunately, i didn't get it until i read the answer- so the storal of my mory is- make sure you get the instructions straight before you check the answer. |
pyrodemun08
May 26, 2005
| I didnt really like it much.. but it was clever.  |
Chowchillian
May 26, 2005
| Didn't get any of them!! |
barrelmaker
May 26, 2005
| Loved it!!! I got the first 3 and couldn't get the last one!!! This one is going in the favorites! |
timilee
May 28, 2005
| clever 1
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meonly
May 30, 2005
| i thought you were supposed to change one side to be like the other! opps! |
bluehawk
Jun 21, 2006
| OOOOAAAAKKKKYYYY!!!! |
HScott13
Jun 21, 2006
| Didn't get the last one. This was a very American one. The most I know of base ball is it's something like rounders, and although I realised that 'fall' is American for 'autumn' I still didn't work out the answer. Sorry, I'm just too English |
starnz
Jun 21, 2006
| I'm getting better at these! Maybe I'll get them all next time!! |
learningchinese
Jun 21, 2006
| I have just been informed that I have been rude to everyone when using capital letters.
I apploogize. I am so used to seeing them on, when I use the computer after my roomate, who leaves them on all the time to make it easer for him to see.
I will be more careful, I didn't mean to offend anyone by shouting.
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OldChinaHand
Jun 21, 2006
| These spoonerism were really well done. Good job cnmne...more. |
peanut-tiara
Jun 21, 2006
| Treat Geaser cnmne!!! Lots of fun, I didn't get #4.
Froggygg....loved your answer for #3. |
nu_rob_roy
Jun 21, 2006
| Only scored half a'crown tonight, but I enjoy trying. |
Terilynne88
Jun 21, 2006
| Great Job!! I only got two of the four, but I had a great time trying to figure them out. Way to go! |
TBNZee
Jun 21, 2006
| I f***ng hate Spazy Croonerisms.. |
cassiemark
Jun 21, 2006
| I liked that! Got numbers 1 & 2 but was completely at a loss for 3 & 4! Great job |
rhmaustin
Jun 21, 2006
| Does everyone know about Canon William Archibald Spooner, history professor and warden of New College, Oxford for many years and supposedly given to unintentional transpositions of initial word sounds, though New College's web-site history denies this. Most spoonerisms attributed to him are apocryphal, but a few (rightly or wrongly) are attested -- e.g. to a student he was dismissing, "you have deliberately tasted two worms and you can leave Oxford by the next town drain," and announcing a hymn in chapel, "Kinquering Congs their titles take." |
bradon182001
Jun 21, 2006
| I'm terrible with these.I give up too quickly. Maybe next time I'll do better. |
locutus13ds
Jun 21, 2006
| Good one-- i got the first two and only Lobster-- Mobster---  |
Trishgal
Jun 21, 2006
| Liked it. It was real fun. Got2 could not figure out the last two Keep them coming ineed the practice |
jcann
Jun 21, 2006
| I love these! I got them all but number 4. Kept thinking "swine" or "hog" for "pig." Never thought of "boar" or I might have gotten it.
Learningchinese, no one has acknowledged your apology. I think it was very nice of you to write it and I think it should be acknowledged and you are certainly forgiven as far as I am concerned. |
vlerma
Jun 21, 2006
| Sorry, today my mind just was not working. But you definitely get A for effort. Maybe next time I will be more with the program. |
vlerma
Jun 21, 2006
| Sorry, today my mind just was not working. But you definitely get A for effort. Maybe next time I will be more with the program. |
mmmcla01
Jun 21, 2006
| Wow.....I was way off!!!!! The only one I could think of an answer to was the first one.....I thought meat sale/sweet mail. I knew it that meat sale didn't relate to no-cost fish lures but it worked with honey shipment......sort of . Anyway, I'm really bad at these....I should work on it!!!!! |
Neek
Jun 21, 2006
| Good job on these spoonerisms. I usually get more, but only got 2 this time. It's funny how after I see the answers, I feel like they should've been obvious to me. |
iteachkids
Jun 21, 2006
| DeLIGHTful!!! |
iteachkids
Jun 21, 2006
| BTW, learningchinese ... I applaud you for your comment today, and appreciate this sign of sensitivity! |
tonjawithaj
Jun 21, 2006
| This was great! Except my brain is apparently off today... |
superben
Jun 21, 2006
| That was hard and a little bit boring!!!!!  |
yuki2396
Jun 21, 2006
| man I don't even care I didn't even read it |
singh101
Jun 21, 2006
| It was fun and easy |
kcheer2493
Jun 21, 2006
| Itr was really good. The only one I didn't really like was the lobster motion one because, well, 1) I didn't get the answer right, and 2) I don't really agree with it. It could have have been other answers as well. Great job though |
jabdr
Jun 21, 2006
| I got one of them which is 1 more than I usually do on Spoonerisms. But I live trying! Good one. |
Musikman212
Jun 21, 2006
| Cool. Very well thought out. |
tdbrsun
Jun 21, 2006
| I agree well thought out and very cool. I am not good at solving but, do have fun trying. Thank you for your croonerisms. |
scallio
Jun 22, 2006
| They were much tougher this time. I only got half of 1, 3 and 4. I usually get these. Thanks for the teaser.
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brainmaster911
Jun 22, 2006
| you lost me amedeatly. |
SandraB
Jun 24, 2006
| This was a tough one! Only got #2, but still enjoyed trying. Great job cnmne! |
Unraveled
Jun 25, 2006
| Pretty tough, but fun! |
doehead
Jun 21, 2009
| Hate these, didn't try.  |
auntiesis
Jun 21, 2009
| I love spoonerisms. Jeans was the only word that jumped out at me, I had to really work to get the others. Some I didn't get at all, lobster motion, mobster lotion did me in. Very funny. |
UptheHill
Jun 21, 2009
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patiencewithaP
Jun 21, 2009
| Got 1 and 2 but 3 and 4 threw me! Fun! |
wordmama
Jun 21, 2009
| I got all 4 with hardly any difficulty! And this teaser was great fun for me; thank you for posting! I guess my handle suits me! |
oddrey
Jun 21, 2009
| couldnt come up with number 4. very fun! |
Babe
Jun 21, 2012
| I got a couple ,but these were a bit tough for the average person. You smarties can congratulate yourselves. I just think the words could have been a bit better. That's just me though! |
eamon
Jun 21, 2012
| The middle two worked well but honey = bee and seasonal = fall were too much of a stretch for me. I even tested out free bait but didn't get there.
The baseball term is reasonable but completely random so it didn't help to have a misleading word in the other pair. Season pig is better IMO, "seasonal" sent me down a path of Christmas or Easter. |
gaylewolf
Jun 21, 2012
| I got two easily and was stumped with the others. Fun and funny, though! Thanks for a good one! |
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