showerthoughts·ShowerthoughtsbyAnn Archy I thought that if I say swell foop instead of fell swoop, that may get stuck in your mind and you will eventually start saying it wrongView original on lemmy.world33Comments17Reply
Ann Archy replylemmy.worldSwell foop. Thing is, you can't unsee it now. You can never unsee it.6Reply
Kristell herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lolMy favorite spoonerism still has to be one of the examples from Spooner himself: Jesus was a shoving lepherd7Reply
uuhmbah lemmy.ca2Hide 2 repliesNot one person has noticed my saying, "I'll see it when I believe it"5Reply
Ann Archy replylemmy.world"I won't sit here and take this anymore!" while standing keeps me up at night.1Reply
spittingimage lemmy.world1Hide 1 replyAfter reading that, I can't remember which way I used to say it. Why have you done this to me?!2Reply
ElectricMachman lemmy.sdf.orgMy parents say "foul swoop" and I have to say, swell foop is better2Reply
FFreshParsnip lemmy.ca2Hide 2 repliesIn the Disney movie Peter Pan, one of the lost boys mispronounced strategy as "stragety" and honestly, I like that word better2Reply
LLeviathan replyfedinsfw.app1Hide 1 replyI almost only ever say stragedy, I find it very funny.3Reply
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I love me a spoonerism 😀
Swell foop.
Thing is, you can't unsee it now. You can never unsee it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swell_Foop
My favorite spoonerism still has to be one of the examples from Spooner himself: Jesus was a shoving lepherd
Filly Sucker
Not one person has noticed my saying, "I'll see it when I believe it"
Most people don't notice me deliberately misspelling Untied States
"I won't sit here and take this anymore!" while standing keeps me up at night.
Swell foop is much better
That's ucked fup.
You basty nitch!
After reading that, I can't remember which way I used to say it. Why have you done this to me?!
Hey it happened to me, too!
My parents say "foul swoop" and I have to say, swell foop is better
In the Disney movie Peter Pan, one of the lost boys mispronounced strategy as "stragety" and honestly, I like that word better
I almost only ever say stragedy, I find it very funny.
Such a tragedy.