LANGUAGE ISSUES

LANGUAGE ISSUES

Spoonerism: humorous mistake in Try these ones:

which a speaker switches the first Chipping the flannel
sounds of two or more words
(Reverend William Archibald At the lead of spite
Spooner) Hiss and lear
Tease my ears = Ease my tears Go and shake a tower
A lack of pies = A pack of lies
Lighting a fire
It's roaring with pain = It's pouring
with rain
Wave the sails = Save the whales
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Palindrome: a word, phrase, or number that reads the same backward or
forward

RACECAR DEED LEVEL PIP

ROTOR CIVIC POP MADAM
EYE NUN RADAR TOOT
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Malapropism: an amusing error that occurs when a person mistakenly uses a
word that sounds like another word but that has a very different meaning; a
character named Mrs. Malaprop in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1775 play The
Rivals: Mrs. Malaprop frequently misspoke by using words which don't have
the meaning she intends
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Alice said she couldn't eat crabs or any other crushed Asians.
(crustaceans)
You could have knocked me over with a fender.
(feather)
You lead the way and we'll precede.
(proceed)
A rolling stone gathers no moths.
(moss)
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Malapropisms raise the issue of similar or opposite words, e.g. homonyms
(homographs and homophones), synonyms and paronyms, antonyms
http://www.linguisticsgirl.com/types-of-words-paronyms-homophones-
homographs-homonyms-heteronyms-capitonyms-and-oronyms/
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Palindromes: http://www.palindromelist.net/ &
http://www.rinkworks.com/words/palindromes.shtml
Spoonerisms: http://www.fun-with-words.com/spoonerisms.html &
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/spoonerisms-best-spooner-lines/
Malapropisms: http://literarydevices.net/malapropism/