July 22

Have you ever found yourself falling all to pieces when speaking to someone and coming out with something virtually unintelligible? An example? ‘He left in a rit of fealous jage’ instead of ‘he left in a fit of jealous rage. The next time you do something like that; tip your hat to William Archibald Spooner, because the utterance you have made is considered to be a spoonerism. The redoubtable Mr. Spooner was born on the 22nd in 1844.