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A spoonerism is an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched (see metathesis) between two words in a phrase.〔The definition of Spoonerism in the 1924 edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is: ''An accidental transposition of the initial sounds, or other parts, of two or more words.''〕 An example is saying "The Lord is a shoving leopard" instead of "The Lord is a loving shepherd." While spoonerisms are commonly heard as slips of the tongue resulting from unintentionally getting one's words in a tangle, they can also be used intentionally as a play on words. == Etymology == It is named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), Warden of New College, Oxford, who was notoriously prone to this mistake. The term "Spoonerism" was well established by 1921. An article in The Times from that year reports that, The boys of Aldro School, Eastbourne, () have been set the following task for the holidays: Discover and write down something about: The Old Lady of Threadneedle-street, a Spoonerism, a Busman's Holiday...〔"Every Schoolboy Knows", The Times, Dec 8, 1921, pg. 7〕 In 1937, The Times quoted a detective describing a man as "a bricklabourer's layer" and used "Police Court Spoonerism" as the headline.〔The Times, Oct 29, 1937, pg. 9〕 A spoonerism is also known as a ''marrowsky,'' purportedly after a Polish count who suffered from the same impediment.〔Chambers Dictionary 1993 ISBN 0-550-10255-8〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spoonerism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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