Friday, May 15, 2009

Slip fielding

One of my favourite natural broadcasters, Arlo White , on a lunchtime news bulletin from rainswept Durham told us that the skies are slay grate


Somehow that seems a much better way of putting it

Is it still a spoonerism if the final, rather than the beginning, sounds are transposeed?

Earlier in the week I heard a footballer commenting on a manager: He is always very meticulate

I had to check if that was the right word. The OED said no

But it has been noticed before


Perhaps the dictionary will catch up. It seems just right for a certain way of speaking (articulate) OR dressing (immaculate) - seems somehow to mitigate the over-niceness or pernickity obsession implied by those two words