William Archibald Spooner

William Archibald Spooner (22 July 1844 – 29 August 1930) was a famous Oxford don whose name is given to the linguistic phenomenon of spoonerism.

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Famous quotes containing the words william and/or spooner:

    “Pain with the thousand teeth.”
    —Sir William Watson (1858–1935)

    “Sir, you have tasted two whole worms; you have hissed all my mystery lectures and been caught fighting a liar in the quad; you will leave by the next town drain.”
    —William A. Spooner (1844–1930)