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Spazy Croonerisms 5
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
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 role2) beer mug & mere bug
3) basket case & casket base
4) sly fox & fly socks
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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.............
Oooo, I'm first today ...and it's the first day of autumn ...and I didn't get a single one of the spoonerisms.
That was fun thankyou!
YA DE YA DE YA DE .....
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.
i didnt get any........ o well...they r still good!
I got the first and the last. Great puzzle!
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
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!
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!
The 'fly socks' nearly basket cased me. But it was still a Good One.
Nice one TNX, only got 1st & last but still enjoed `em
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!
PS: My wife says that Brad Pitt doesn't have a brother named Bart... She knows, she's checked.
Nice one, made me think. 3 of 4, fly socks stumped me.
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!!!
They're going into my faves!!!
Darn, I just couldn't get those last two! Had a great time trying though. Great teaser!
Actually did o.k.Enjoyed them could not figureout 3. so I looked and that was it. The answer was not hard
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
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!
Number 3 was the hard one. I didn't come up with the base and case words.
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.
nice!
I enjoy trying these, but my brain doesn't work very well on them!!
I agree with the one above. I do like trying these , but, I my mind find it hard. Thanks keeps me mind going.
I liked this one a lot, got 1 & 4. Suggestion: Try another word instead of container it gets confusing.
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.
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!
Great teaser, and please do keep these coming - I like these a lot!
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!
Oh, but I am laughing still!
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!
I never saw a fly wearing socks. So that's why I couldn't get the last one.
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!
I support this teaser as a fun job. Well done!
Fun! Thanks!
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.
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.
REALLY NICE-- BUT I DID NOT GET THE ANSWERS. ZERO FOR ME
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.
oh dang it! i forgot! builder u r very funny too! (i forgot to add u 2 the funny list!)
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.
Great teaser, I got stuck on #3 but got the rest.
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.
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!
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!
I guess flies wear black socks,that's why they are hard to see.
lots of fun, 'tho I didn't spend enough time on them to get them all! thank you for the brain stretch!
Got 2 and 4.
Got 2 and 4.
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!
excellent
Fantastic teaser. I only got one of the four. I must not be awake today. I enjoyed all of the answers.
Fun and entertaining teaser; I too could not base and case but got basket and casket so 3 and a half out of 4 is not too bad.
Great one! Didn't get basket case, but it was completely valid, just tough. Nice job
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