Theo to Ask [email protected]English • 3 days agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-square84fedilinkarrow-up1145file-text
arrow-up1145message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo to Ask [email protected]English • 3 days agomessage-square84fedilinkfile-text
For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•edit-23 days agoSpoonerisms Malaprops are when a character chooses a similar sounding but wrong word for comedic effect.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•3 days ago“She wrote me one of those John Deere letters…”
minus-squareTheoOPlinkfedilinkEnglish7•3 days agoI always knew it as transposing the beginning sounds of two words like: fons of tun instead of tons of fun.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 days agoMy favorite spoonerism growing up was when someone in church would say “Bow your eyes and close your heads”. I haven’t been to church in 15 years but it still makes me chuckle thinking about it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-23 days agoNot necessarily for comedic effect, and it’s for swapping consonants.
SpoonerismsMalaprops are when a character chooses a similar sounding but wrong word for comedic effect.“She wrote me one of those John Deere letters…”
I always knew it as transposing the beginning sounds of two words like: fons of tun instead of tons of fun.
You’re right. I’m thinking of malaprop.
My favorite spoonerism growing up was when someone in church would say “Bow your eyes and close your heads”. I haven’t been to church in 15 years but it still makes me chuckle thinking about it.
Shame it’s not a Spoonerism.
Not necessarily for comedic effect, and it’s for swapping consonants.
So like, when you fly over the ocean?