Collective Nouns.
Australian, 17. Self-confessed mad cat lady in training, and a proud Slytherin.
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Say Stafe!
Hey Hank and all of Nerdfighteria who watch “Hank and Katherine Play Super Mario Bros”,
I feel it is my duty to inform you that Hank’s peculiar cries of “Say Stafe” in the most recent episode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngezVx7p9TA&feature=channel_video_title) actually are a linguistic phenomenon with a name- a Spoonerism!
Spoonerisms (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonerism) are attributed to the Reverend William Archibald Spooner, who was known to swap consonants or vowels and gave his name to this particular speech error.
Amusing Spoonerisms include:
“A well-boiled icicle” (a well-oiled icicle)
“You have tasted three worms and must leave by the town drain” (you have wasted three terms and must leave by the down train)
So congratulations Hank- may your first recorded Spoonerism be one of many!
DFTBA
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Pre-ordered The Fault in Our Stars at last!
To celebrate the end of my last high school exams ever, I pre-ordered myself John Green’s new novel The Fault in Our Stars. I can’t think of a better way to mark the occasion :) DFTBA
