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The written word has been a useful, permanent form of communication
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Shashi Tharoor s World of Words: Spoonerisms
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Doug Lewandowski, For the News Tribune | 5:00 am, Dec. 23, 2020 ×
Doug Lewandowski
As a person who writes, I can correct screwups before I send them to my editor. If I go over a piece of writing 15 to 20 times, chances are, it will come out OK.
There is one area of communication, however, where I can’t count on being able to improve my butchering of the English language that would be in speaking it. I am given to verbal fumbling all the time, and inevitably, with the presence of my in-house grammar Nazi, I will hear about it. The worst is he/him, she/her, and lie/lay. Get the picture? The words fly out in an inappropriate way before I can redirect them. At times, I cringe after completing a sentence, knowing it ain’t right er, isn’t correct.
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| We all know people who confuse sayings, or meld together parts of two sayings. That s a horse of a different color is a saying as old as the hills. But years ago, I knew a guy who constantly messed up sayings, and this was one he butchered. That s a hog of a different color, he would state, always seriously. The hard part was not busting out laughing when he said it. Did I mention he was my boss?
Spoonerisms are common in language, sometimes purposely, sometimes not. Most of us have heard someone - perhaps someone inebriated - mix words and produce comical results. Like the friend who always says “revelant” instead of “relevant.”
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