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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 »

...must know this one: "Mardon me padam. This my is occupued. Merpit me to sew you to another sheet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 29, 1930 | 9/29/1930 | See Source »

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