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Spazy Croonerisms 3
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) punched when starting work & discussion about scaling a mountain
2) a container of fibs & a shortage of baked goods
3) hasty vacation & prank gibe
4) a mongoose & artificial precipitation
1) punched when starting work & discussion about scaling a mountain
2) a container of fibs & a shortage of baked goods
3) hasty vacation & prank gibe
4) a mongoose & artificial precipitation
Answer
1) time clock & climb talk2) pack of lies & lack of pies
3) quick trip & trick quip
4) snake foe & fake snow
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Good teaser. I always love this type of teaser. Really makes you think!
I got them all but #3!! DARN!!!!
Does anyone know what a freakin' gibe is???!!!
this is really fun!
Great Teaser!
I'm new to these. I can only get better. Clever!
Thanks. I love this sort of teaser, they're my favourite!! Got stuck on the mongoose one though.
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i hated this teaser, you owere smart for making it up, but i think these are really boring i just dont like them!!!!!!
I got the first 2 and then got stuck. Great fun.
had no idea a mongoose was a snake foe therefore didnt get fake snow. the others were really fun though
twas a good show but now i should go
I got them all Fun
This was a great teaser. Ireally enjoyed it. Keep it up.
I am with you gorilla girl no idea what a gibe is did like the teaser however, very wll thought out
Ok, that was a good one! I did get only one but that is ok. Keep them coming .
this was awesome! i had fun w/this 1.
i feel real dumb i got half of #4. somebody say airhead. loved it though.
well I'm dislexic so these were right up my alley, I love it when things are all bas ackwards
That was hard, in my opinion anyways. Great job
good one! 2 bad i got stuck... but i have NO idea wat a gibe is anyways...it was fun!
GIBE?.....................
Aug 17, 2005
clever, i got a different answer for #1 time card-climb hard
got em all Thanks for a good brain scrambler
I dont get what they are.
#3 was the only one I got.... but I didn't try that hard I guess...
Aug 17, 2005
gibe .....
Awesome I worked backwards from fake snow and laughed out loud at fake snow
Wow...that really made me think... I was too lazy to do it all, but i got the first one
Like the others --- I got all but #3. It was quite difficult to imaginge the words.
GOOD ONES!
Hah!!!
Very clever, good job.
Thought first one was "foreman", (not really) I'm no good at these
Technically, a time clock isn't punched-- a time card is. It sounds like splitting hairs, but I couldn't come up with an answer as a result.
My mind's not working well .
NOT EVEN ONE!?!?!?
NOT EVEN ONE!?!?!?
Fun again. Easier 2nd time around.
I never get spoonerisms. For some reason, I always draw a blank when I try to come up with them. Nice teaser nonetheless. Thanks for posting.
I got the first two, but the last two were too hard for me. Very clever.
Woohoo! I got them all. Very fun and clever.
Great job! I'm always getting my merds wixed. It seems my tongue falls over my eye tooth and I can't see what I'm saying :lol
Clock & talk?
Not matching pronunciations where I'm from.
Is it clawk & tawk, or clock and tock?
Not matching pronunciations where I'm from.
Is it clawk & tawk, or clock and tock?
The last one was hard. I wouldn't have minded a hint, like mentioning Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.
Fun.
Missed half, though.
Missed half, though.
Nice teaser! My seven-year-old son thought they were funny! I did too!
AROB Didn't like it before and nothing has changed. I'm not a fan of croonerisms. Hi GiMi & AS
All but #2 were nearly instantaneous for me. For some reason I kept coming up with incompatible rhyming words (box & pox, bag & lag) for that one.
Fun teaser all the same.
Fun teaser all the same.
Silly me, still didn't get some of them.
Hi Gayle & doehead.
Hi Gayle & doehead.
I wouldn't call #1 a true spoonerism. And for #2--a pack is a container? I love spoonerisms, but could only get numbers 3 and 4.
im not a big fan of this spoonerisms thing, so...
im not a big fan of this spoonerisms thing, so...
I guess I did not understand the instructions so had to peek at the first answer to be able to finish the rest. I did not know that about the mongoose either. It was a good one if you understood it.
Out of four I got zero. Need sleep.
I know what a mongoose is, my brother always wanted one as a pet when we were kids. (He was, correction, he IS a bit odd).
Took me a bit to get fake snow as I was stuck on thinking rain ... otherwise, I am in the minority it would seem as I enjoy spoonerisms though sometimes I wish they would offer more of a challenge.
Took me a bit to get fake snow as I was stuck on thinking rain ... otherwise, I am in the minority it would seem as I enjoy spoonerisms though sometimes I wish they would offer more of a challenge.
I know what a mongoose is, my brother always wanted one as a pet when we were kids. (He was, correction, he IS a bit odd).
Took me a bit to get fake snow as I was stuck on thinking rain ... otherwise, I am in the minority it would seem as I enjoy spoonerisms though sometimes I wish they would offer more of a challenge.
Took me a bit to get fake snow as I was stuck on thinking rain ... otherwise, I am in the minority it would seem as I enjoy spoonerisms though sometimes I wish they would offer more of a challenge.
3/4 Must 'bone up' on the lives and habits of mongoose.
Stumped me, but fun trying. for the first one I guessed "climb rock." I pronounce "talk" as one would say "hawk" so unlikely for me to guess that word. Good way to stretch the brain muscle though!
Three years later now and I did about the same. I got a couple of them, and then got stuck. I do like these kind of teasers though. It makes you think.
These were fun. On the first one I got climb rock because rock rhymes with clock.
That was cute, but really hard! I kept trying to rhyme the clues
No much of a fan of spoonerisms, but I gave it a go. Not sure how "clock" and "talk" are considered to be rhyming words...???
Very fun and entertaining teaser; I could not get snake foe though I had fake snow. I did not know the snake is the enemy of the mongoose.
Good teaser, great morning exercise for my brain. I got the first three, but got hung up on the mongoose one. I was going for an actual alternative name for a mongoose. I tried to find synonyms for mongoose, and discovered some pictures of them. They are really cute! I also found out the meerkat is a type of mongoose. I've always thought the way meerkats stand up on their hind legs as a group is adorable!
Fun and entertaining teaser. I got them all this time around.
Fun, thanks!
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