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1 spoonerism
{'spu:nərizm}
n (случайно) размествене на (началните) букви на съседни думи, при което се получава нещо смешно (напр. tons of soil вм. sons of toil)* * *{'spu:nъrizm} n (случайно) размествене на (началните) букв* * *n неволно разместване на звуците от последователни думи;spoonerism; n (случайно) размествене на (началните) букви на съседни думи, при което* * *n (случайно) размествене на (началните) букви на съседни думи, при което се получава нещо смешно (напр. tons of soil вм. sons of toil)* * *spoonerism[´spu:nə¸rizəm] n неволно разместване на букви от една в друга следваща дума, така че се получава нещо смешно (напр. hush my brat вм. brush my hat; wrong load вм. long road; a well-boiled icicle вм. a well-oiled bicycle).
См. также в других словарях:
icicle n — A well boiled icicle. (well oiled bicycle) … English expressions
Spoonerism — A spoonerism is an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched (see metathesis). It is named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), Warden of New College,… … Wikipedia
William Archibald Spooner — (July 22, 1844 ndash;August 29, 1930) was a famous Oxford don after whom is named a linguistic phenomenon, Spoonerism.BiographySpooner was educated at Oswestry School and New College, Oxford, where he was the first non Wykehamist to become an… … Wikipedia
spoonerism — (n.) 1900, but perhaps as early as 1885, involuntary transposition of sounds in two or more words (Cf. a well boiled icicle for a well oiled bicycle; scoop of boy trouts for troop of Boy Scouts ), in reference to the Rev. William A. Spooner (1844 … Etymology dictionary
Spoonerism — The Revd W. A. Spooner (1844–1930), Dean and Warden of New College, Oxford, has given his name to this most endearing form of linguistic error involving the transposition of letters, although those commonly attributed to him are likely to be… … Modern English usage
spoonerism — [spo͞o′nər iz΄əm] n. [after Rev. W. A. Spooner (1844 1930), of New College, Oxford, famous for such slips] an unintentional interchange of sounds, usually initial sounds, in two or more words (Ex.: “a well boiled icicle” for “a well oiled… … English World dictionary
spoon|er|ism — «SPOO nuh rihz uhm», noun. an accidental transposition of sounds, usually the initial sounds, of two or more words, such as “well boiled icicle” for “well oiled bicycle.” ╂[< Reverend William A. Spooner, 1844 1930, of New College, Oxford, who… … Useful english dictionary
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