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Do you know any famous writer who uses spoonerism?

Answer 1

Gabriella Alvarado

Brian P. Cleary used spoonerism in his poems.

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Answer 2

Landon Ash

One famous writer known for using spoonerism is Reverend William Archibald Spooner himself, after whom the linguistic phenomenon is named. Spooner was a renowned Oxford academic and Anglican clergyman known for his inadvertent transpositions of letters or sounds in words, often resulting in humorous and sometimes nonsensical phrases. While Spooner is not known for his literary works per se, his unintentional wordplay has become synonymous with the term "spoonerism" and has been widely referenced and utilized by writers, comedians, and linguists alike.

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