William Archibald Spooner

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William Archibald Spooner

British clergyman

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spoonerism
…derived from the name of William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), a distinguished Anglican clergyman and warden of New College, Oxford, a nervous man who committed many “spoonerisms.” Such transpositions are sometimes made intentionally to produce comic effect.
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…derived from the name of William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), a distinguished Anglican clergyman and warden of New College, Oxford, a nervous man who committed many “spoonerisms.” Such transpositions are sometimes made intentionally to produce comic effect.
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