Secret Origins
Aug. 5th, 2009 12:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
talktoolooseI haven't told anyone the origin of my latest LJ name, "Tasting the Whole Worm."
It is a spoonerism, perhaps the original spoonerism, a term coined by Lewis Carroll of Alice in Wonderland fame. Mr. Spooner was a teacher of Carroll's acquaintance, and was given to transposing letters in the manner that now carries his name. He famously reprimanded a student:
"You have hissed all my mystery classes! You have tasted a whole worm!"
Spoonerisms are actually a family tradition. My paternal grandmother made grand terms and names. She spoke of Olympic "lift-weighters" and the composer "Korski Rimsikov." Snake has good ones, too, but I can't remember any off the top of my head. I will keep you advised.
It is a spoonerism, perhaps the original spoonerism, a term coined by Lewis Carroll of Alice in Wonderland fame. Mr. Spooner was a teacher of Carroll's acquaintance, and was given to transposing letters in the manner that now carries his name. He famously reprimanded a student:
"You have hissed all my mystery classes! You have tasted a whole worm!"
Spoonerisms are actually a family tradition. My paternal grandmother made grand terms and names. She spoke of Olympic "lift-weighters" and the composer "Korski Rimsikov." Snake has good ones, too, but I can't remember any off the top of my head. I will keep you advised.
