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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 affix a worm to the end of a fishing line & to dislike a novel
2) to move by foot at a slow gait for eight furlongs & to ridicule for an unspecified amount of time
3) to strike a cooking utensil with the foot & to select a cylindrical metal container
4) to cook a turtle's covering in an oven & to wave a clanging instrument with a jerky motion
1) to affix a worm to the end of a fishing line & to dislike a novel
2) to move by foot at a slow gait for eight furlongs & to ridicule for an unspecified amount of time
3) to strike a cooking utensil with the foot & to select a cylindrical metal container
4) to cook a turtle's covering in an oven & to wave a clanging instrument with a jerky motion
Answer
1) bait a hook & hate a book2) walk a mile & mock a while
3) kick a pan & pick a can
4) bake a shell & shake a bell
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I don't do very well at these.
The first one could also be bait pan and pate ban
I got the first one. Then the train of thought left the station without me.
:Not sure how bait pan / pate ban would work ... those " phrases" don't exactly fit the clues.
Catmom, your comment fits my feelings, too. LOL I took a break over the holidays. IT's good to be back.
I missed the second one-they do make me smile as I'm working on them!
Once you got the hang of it , it became fun. Good one!
My favorite spoonerism comes from the Secret Storm, when Haila Stoddard meant to say "I always thought she was a bit of a witch."
I got the last one once I figured that "shell" had to have been the turtle's covering.
Fun to read through. Answers seemed immediately obvious (rare for me). Entertaining diversion.
This was fun thanks, however no. 2 only works in the USA & Canada!
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser; I got all of them very quickly. Usually these types of teasers are challenging for me but I did not have any difficulty with this one.
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