An Excellent Spoonerism

A spoonerism is when you exchange the first letters of two words. An example that I use: Bappy Hirthday. Here’s a good one:

Makes sense, right?

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And here’s a pile of Frank and Ernest getting it right.

How many malaprops do you see?

Some people call these “malapropisms,” but “malaprop” is a better word. Less pretentious. A malaprop is a word that sounds almost like the word you want. They’re named after a Dickens character, Mrs. Malaprop.

I think he could have said that he plays the violent.

Here’s the comic:

You know the difference between hard and soft consonants, right?

The problem with the rule is that nouns can so often be turned into verbs…

…so when you’re a verb, this is okay. But you know that, right?