When a friend of mine got married, he was so nervous that he made a vow to his ‘awful leaded wife’.
Such a slip of the tongue is called a ‘Spoonerism’, after the Reverend William Spooner (1844-1930), warden of New College, Oxford. These are the (unverified) quotations attributed to him:
- “The weight of rages will press hard upon the employer.”
- “The Kinquering Congs Their Titles Take.”
- “Three cheers for our queer old dean!”
- “Is it kisstomary to cuss the bride?”
- “The Lord is a shoving leopard.”
- “A blushing crow.”
- “A well-boiled icicle”
- “You were fighting a liar in the quadrangle.”
- “Is the bean dizzy?”
- “Someone is occupewing my pie. Please sew me to another sheet.”
- “You have hissed all my mystery lectures. You have tasted a whole worm. Please leave Oxford on the next town drain.”
- “A nosey little cook.”
Source: Wikipedia