In a message dated 11/5/99 2:08:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Might this be a Spoonerism? (such as when Rev. Spooner called the dear
> old queen a "queer old dean"). Spoonerisms usually involve mixing and
> matching the first letters of words, but the same mechanisms may underlie
> both.
> --
This is where I was going with this one. . . . <A
HREF="http://www.fun-with-words.com/spoonerisms.html">Spoonerisms
fun-with-words</A>
Several years ago while teaching Human Neuropsych at UMich, I gave the
students an optional extra-credit assignment to allow them to demonstrate the
knowledge gained over the semester: . . . Using established research to
justify your hypotheses, provide alternative possible explanations for the
(following clues not provided: linguistic/working
memory/expressive/articulatory) error of spoonerisms in terms of the
disruption of normal neuropsychological function. As I recall, approx 90% of
the 100 or so students opted to do this paper, and demonstrated a fine grasp
of what we had covered over the semester. . . now if I could just remember
the hypotheses they convincingly defended ! Perhaps I'll dig out the papers
later to jog my memory.
Now back to work,
Sandra Nagel Randall
