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- From: francis@oas.stanford.edu (Francis Muir)
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- Subject: Re: Question - what's the word for ...
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 21:48:15 GMT
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- Deirdre A. Johnson writes:
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- I just have to answer Dave Daulton's question...
-
- Yes, Dave! The word is spoonerism. Named for one Cardinal Spooner,
- a dean at Oxford in the time of Queen Victoria, who was famous for
- mixing up initial consonants of adjacent words. ...
-
- No, Deirdre! You're joshing, right? Dr. Spooner, like many Oxford College
- Fellows of his day, held a minor appointment in the Church of England. He
- was also Dean of his College (Christchurch?). What he was not was a Cardinal.
- In fact, it was not until sometime after Spooner that Catholics could hold
- Fellowships at Oxford, and no Cardinal has ever held office at Oxford. But
- you were testing us out. "Ah", you said to yourself, "I'll get that bugger
- RABworm, just see if I don't." Well, it worked. Congratulations, and welcome
- to the Net. Now say Three Our fathers and Three Hail Maries, and your sins
- will be forgiven.
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- RABworm
-