Braingle: 'Spazy Croonerisms 5' Brain Teaser

Spazy Croonerisms 5

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Puzzle ID:	#27813
Fun:	(3.18)
Difficulty:	(2.61)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	cnmne

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

Answer

1) round hole & hound role
2) beer mug & mere bug
3) basket case & casket base
4) sly fox & fly socks
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Comments

teen_wiz Jan 01, 2006	this is a really cute puzzle . unfortunately for me, i only got the last one . oh well. and im not even blonde ....... this is my second puzzle as a braingle member and ill be looking for all of your puzzles.............
marschie Sep 21, 2006	Oooo, I'm first today ...and it's the first day of autumn ...and I didn't get a single one of the spoonerisms.
Rach_ Sep 21, 2006	That was fun thankyou!
lmurray Sep 21, 2006	YA DE YA DE YA DE .....
bradon182001 Sep 21, 2006	Though I really enjoy language teasers, for some reason I have a problem with Spoonerisms. This one was no exception. It was fun trying to figure them out. Good job.
poisonivy9494 Sep 21, 2006	i didnt get any........ o well...they r still good!
garlicmojo Sep 21, 2006	I got the first and the last. Great puzzle!
jabdr Sep 21, 2006	I got the first one just looking at it and then totally bombed! I just couldn't get past beer glass (?) & then went into brain freeze. Great teaser
shawneeo Sep 21, 2006	LOL! Brain Freeze! heehee! This was very hard, for me at least. Usually, if you can just find ONE word, like for no. 1: circular depression, try "hole", then find a rhyme for "hole" that would be right for "a part for a canine actor", role! THEN, ya see, you KNOW that the other word for "hole" has to start with an "r", and the other word for "role" starts with "h". Circular depression, you already have "hole" for depression, circular, starts with "r", um... ROUND! Now you can easily figure out the fourth word: hound! This is me being Mr. Smarty Pants because I didn't get two of them so I'm compensating. I just didn't think of "base" for bottom, although it totally valid, and although I thought of "casket" and "basket", I just couldn't get the fourth word this time, even with my Mr. SmartyPants foolproof method... Very good teaser, hard! Thanks!
OldChinaHand Sep 21, 2006	The 'fly socks' nearly basket cased me. But it was still a Good One.
saleprice Sep 21, 2006	Nice one TNX, only got 1st & last but still enjoed `em
Badger Sep 21, 2006	Difficult for me, but still loved it! Missed number one. Got hung up on "bit part" (canine actor), and Bart Pit (Brad's brother)... ..... I certainly appreciated the time and effort that must go in to creating these. Thanks for submitting another good one!
Badger Sep 21, 2006	PS: My wife says that Brad Pitt doesn't have a brother named Bart... She knows, she's checked.
zaya Sep 21, 2006	Nice one, made me think. 3 of 4, fly socks stumped me.
iteachkids Sep 21, 2006	I LVE these, but I was in too much of a hurry to take time and work them out. Still, they are very clever and give the brain a good workout ... They're going into my faves!!!
scallio Sep 21, 2006	Darn, I just couldn't get those last two! Had a great time trying though. Great teaser!
Trishgal Sep 21, 2006	Actually did o.k.Enjoyed them could not figureout 3. so I looked and that was it. The answer was not hard
Pizzazz2u Sep 21, 2006	I can enjoy trying to figure your spoonerisms. These were a little tough for me. You have an extraordinary mind-set, keep up the superb work. Awesome teaser, too
Wingsfan Sep 21, 2006	LOL at Badger's comment. Too funny! Anyways, I also have a really hard time with these. I wasn't even close. But, it got my brain attempting to solve them! Good one!
heyman Sep 21, 2006	Number 3 was the hard one. I didn't come up with the base and case words.
patpat553 Sep 21, 2006	I haven't been on here for a long time but I see the teasers are still very good ones,and very fun to figure out. Even though I didn't get any of this one. Must be rusty from being away so long.
FeaerFactorY666 Sep 21, 2006	nice!
starnz Sep 21, 2006	I enjoy trying these, but my brain doesn't work very well on them!!
tdbrsun Sep 22, 2006	I agree with the one above. I do like trying these , but, I my mind find it hard. Thanks keeps me mind going.
phyllisa Sep 23, 2006	I liked this one a lot, got 1 & 4. Suggestion: Try another word instead of container it gets confusing.
vlerma Sep 24, 2006	Nice job. Went right over my head but that's not your fault - my brain just isn't in gear today. Morre please, amybe I'll do better.
RRAMMOHAN Sep 24, 2006	Goit # 1 and 4 easily but the other two stumped me. I did know that 'base' comes somewhere but didnt fit in 'casket', as 'carton' was a misleading solution in my mind! Great teaser, and please do keep these coming - I like these a lot!
Qrystal Sep 25, 2006	3.5 / 4 ain't bad!! I'm the exact opposite to the first poster (teen_wiz): I AM blonde, and I got all except the last one!! I knew it would be fox and socks, but just wasn't SLY enough to figure it out and FLY away from this teaser, laughing. Oh, but I am laughing still!
jennsingergirl Aug 28, 2007	Yay! I actually got all of them this time! Number 2 was way too easy, but the rest made me think. Great job, as always!
doehead Sep 21, 2009	I never saw a fly wearing socks. So that's why I couldn't get the last one.
builder Sep 21, 2009	Come on doehead, everyone knows that flies only wear socks with their running shoes, otherwise they wear pantyhose that blend in and are hard to see but give great support. I support this teaser as a fun job. Well done!
patiencewithaP Sep 21, 2009	Fun! Thanks!
craniac Sep 21, 2009	The flies in our part of the country also wear argyles with their golfing shoes. But knowing that didn't help me. I didn't get a single one of these.
auntiesis Sep 21, 2009	I got a couple, missed a couple. But everybody knows that this time of year the flies dig out their socks. That was the only one I got easily.
leroyleroy Sep 21, 2009	REALLY NICE-- BUT I DID NOT GET THE ANSWERS. ZERO FOR ME
hubbamutt777 Sep 21, 2009	nice one doehead, patiencewithaP, and craniac! VERY FUNNY!! this was a great teaser!!! i got none i always look at the answers too fast to figure them out.
hubbamutt777 Sep 21, 2009	oh dang it! i forgot! builder u r very funny too! (i forgot to add u 2 the funny list!)
avonma Sep 21, 2009	As usual, I was it a big hurry to see the answers; so I didn't figure any of them out. It was a fun puzzle, though.
phyllisa Sep 22, 2009	Great teaser, I got stuck on #3 but got the rest.
Babe Sep 21, 2012	I only got the last one. It was a good teaser, but the clues were not very desciptive . At least I did not think so.
thedavincigame Sep 21, 2012	I really loved this one. I liked it that most of the answers made sense (beer mug, round hole, basket case, sly fox) which made it very slightly easier, though I did get out my thesaurus to get them all. For "a container for an alcoholic beverage & an insignificant insect" I came up with cider spoon and spider coon, but thought no way will that be the answer and carried on looking!
cutebug Sep 21, 2012	I guess flies wear black socks,that's why they are hard to see.
Maggiethe8th Sep 21, 2012	lots of fun, 'tho I didn't spend enough time on them to get them all! thank you for the brain stretch!
JQPublic Sep 21, 2012	Got 2 and 4.
JQPublic Sep 21, 2012	Got 2 and 4.
eamon Sep 21, 2012	In 3, got hung up at casket / basket and couldn't find the easier parts - case / base 'cuz I was overthinking it for a special name of a coffin's bottom half. Drats!