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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) to toss a ball and to overwhelm or suppress & a bird and a bird
2) a place to buy tires & an armed conflict between iron-based products
3) a tricky dried fruit & an earlier hill of sand
4) a misbehaving person from Port-Au-Prince & an arrogant country
1) to toss a ball and to overwhelm or suppress & a bird and a bird
2) a place to buy tires & an armed conflict between iron-based products
3) a tricky dried fruit & an earlier hill of sand
4) a misbehaving person from Port-Au-Prince & an arrogant country
Answer
1) throw and crush & crow and thrush2) wheel store & steel war
3) devious prune & previous dune
4) naughty Haitian & haughty nation
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