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A Toast To Dr Spooner
A Toast To Dr Spooner
William Archibald Spooner
22/7/1844 - 29/8/1930
Here's to Doctor Spooner
Man of linguistic fame
Though sadly today maybe
Not so many know his name.
With his absent mindedness
And sometimes eccentric ways
His reputation was established long
Before he passed his last day
To a language rich in concepts
Wonderfully able to express the absurd
He added a whole new concept to
The humorous misuse of words.
An academic and a cleric
His lapses caused him some
Distress, angst, and dismay,
But towards the end it is said he
Mellowed towards his word play
So, here's to Doctor Spooner,
For which of us have not
At times said and done
Things maybe best gorfot.
Hood gealth Spoctor Dooner
I lo sove your gord wame:
A glazed rass in respect to
The yemory of mour name
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Terry Ireland
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