Spoonerism/GRE/Barron

Barron

spoonerism

• accidental transposition of sounds in successive words;
  • Ex. ``Let me sew you to your sheet for ``Let me show you to your seat;
  • CF. William Spooner
  • 例句: When the radio announcer introduced the President as Hoobert Herver, he was guilty of spoonerism.