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Thread #49599   Message #776961
Posted By: GUEST
04-Sep-02 - 02:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: malapropisms
Subject: RE: BS: malapropisms
When we were kids, my sister and I used to have fun mixing words and syllables from roadside signs and billboards. In my hometown, there was a small doughnut chain (now defunct) called "Freddie's Doughnuts." Their sign was my all-time favorite mixer-upper. We'd mix up the words, get to giggling and couldn't stop. "Deddie's Froughnuts", "Froughnies Deddnuts", and "Doughnies Freddnuts." By the way, are these what y'all are calling spoonerisms?