William Archibald Spooner
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William Archibald Spooner (22 July 1844 – 29 August 1930) was a British clergyman and long-serving Oxford don. He was most notable for his absent-mindedness, and for supposedly mixing up the syllables in a spoken phrase, with unintentionally comic effect. Such phrases became known as spoonerisms, and are often used humorously. Many spoonerisms have been invented and attributed to Spooner.
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William Archibald Spooner | |
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Born | (1844-07-22)22 July 1844 Grosvenor Place, London |
Died | 29 August 1930(1930-08-29) (aged 86) |
Nationality | English |
Known for | Spoonerisms |
Spouse | Frances Wycliffe Goodwin (1878) |
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