Parlimentary Spoonerism?


You're all familiar with Spoonerisms.  They are a form of word play where
letters are shifted about in two-word phrases.  The most famous is probably, "Is
this pie occupewed?" for "Is this pew occupied?"  I just recently learned that
they could be used in arguments.

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Rev. William Archibald Spooner, the father of spoonerism not only gave the
English language a new word, an eponym, but also an artful device for
repartee. The story goes that a member of parliament cut off another calling
him a shining wit, and then apologized for making a spoonerism.



Thanks to Jim Mica