More about Spooner.

More about Spooner. Don Hauptman discusses Spooner, the man whose colorful slips of thetongue became known as spoonerisms:"An article in the previous issue (August 2009, page 232) istitled 'Bishop Spooner Goes on Holiday.'William Archibald Spooner William Archibald Spooner (July 22, 1844–August 29, 1930) was a famous Oxford don who lends his name to the linguistic phenomenon, the Spoonerism. Biography wasn't a bishop. Although theChurch of England Church of England:see England, Church of. does have that title, Spooner only got as far aspriest. Academically, he served as dean and warden (principal or chiefexecutive) of New College, Oxford, an institution he was affiliated withfor more than 60 years. He held a Doctor of Divinity Noun 1. Doctor of Divinity - a doctor's degree in religionDDdoctor's degree, doctorate - one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university degree, whichentitled him to be addressed as Dr. Spooner.When I wrote my quasi-definitive book on spoonerisms, Cruel andUnusual Puns (Dell, 1991), I researched Spooner's life. The onlybook-length biography is Spooner, by William Hayter (W.H. Allen, London,1977). Both Hayter's book and my own debunk most of the spoonerismsattributed to Spooner, although he did have other quirks andeccentricities."Dave Morice is featured in the December, 2009 issue of GAMESMagazine. His article (on pages 6-11) "Ultrapoems andHypernovels" describes many of his poetic efforts using variousliterary constraints. Word Ways readers are strongly urged to pick up acopy of GAMES to remind themselves of the vast creativity of ourKickshaws editor. Jeremiah Farrell