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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...called after William A. Spooner, (1844-1930), onetime Warden of New College, Oxford, who is credited with scores of mixed-up quotations (mostly legendary), including the granddaddy of all Spoonerisms: "Mardon me, padam, but I think you are occupewing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Backnagle's Stoop | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

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