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Spooneristic Tendencies 5
A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have the initial sounds switched to form new words. For example, "hurting flare" is a spoonerism for "flirting hair" (note that the pairs do not have to be spelled the same - only sound the same). From the definitions below, can you figure out the following spoonerisms?
An electric face cleaner ... A group of floral experts
Soccer turf in trousers ... A well ironed trench
Improved cushion frill ... A muscularly defined problem
An electric face cleaner ... A group of floral experts
Soccer turf in trousers ... A well ironed trench
Improved cushion frill ... A muscularly defined problem
Answer
Power Flannel ... Flower PanelDressed Pitch ... Pressed Ditch
Honed Tassle ... Toned Hassle
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interesting - I am guessing that you are not American
i.e. flannel, pitch
i.e. flannel, pitch
You guessed spot on
Ummmm....ok...I'm not good at figuring the spoonerism ones out! But hey, I put in a teaser today, hope it makes it!
Anyway...keep 'em comin!
Bye-bye!
(not sure where that came from!
Anyway...keep 'em comin!
Bye-bye!
(not sure where that came from!
Thanks Hit the Sand, good luck with your teaser
Just when I thought I had the hang of figuring these out, you zap me with one that zipped right on by me leaving me totally stumped! Good job - got me once again!
Thanks Froggy, if there's one person I like to stump around here, it's you!
Heehee, good job dsquared, i really had fun trying my hand at this one!
Great stuff Smarty, pleased you liked it
An interesting teaser. They say England and America are two nations divided by the same language!
Thanks Mosca.
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