Spoonerisms

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Examples below are quoted from "Kotoba Asobi Jyuni Koo" ( 12 lessons about Word-playing) written in English, by GUNSI Toshio (publisher: Taisyukan Syoten, ISBN 4-469-21113-3)

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cook base(for "book case")
bold cutter (for "cold butter")
feeping creaturism (for "creeping featurism")
Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, Hoobert Heever
Kinkering Congs (for "Conquering Kings") their titles take
our queer old dean (for "our dear old queen")
Well-boiled Icicle (for "Well-oiled Bicycle")
You hissed my mystery lectures.
Is it kisstomary to cuss the bride?
When wigs for women became the rage in the early 1970s, a brunette secretary came to work one morning looking like a seductive blonde.
"How do you like that? " a male employee asked the boss.
"Like it?" he repeated. "I think it's a sham dame."
Outside, a roaring pain is falling.
What is the difference between a dark cloud and a whipped boy? --- One pours with rain, the other roars with pain.
What is the difference between a girl and a pair of pajamas? --- One is born to wed, the other is worn to bed.
You have tasted the whole worm. (for "You have wasted the whole term.")
Ruman and Normalhart (Both Dr. Norman and Dr. Rumelhart are professors for cognitive science.)

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