Ghostwriter
I cannot tell how thrilled I am to learn this term, My mother was famous for mixing up her words. For a long time we kept lists of the odd combinations she would spout. Now I know there is a name for it! Somehow that gives me comfort,because my sister
and I find ourselves having similar issues. I wonder if my sister would have been glad that it’s a named “thing” and real issue.
Here are some examples
She said” They are turking talkish. She meant They are talking turkish.
She said “Look at that fag bonk.” She meant “Look at that fog bank.”
She said “Look at that tall toy.” She meant “Look at that tall boy”.
Here are few, let me know if you can figure out what she was talking about?
“Is it time to go to the goccer same?”
“Come tit at the sable.”
“We have to stun to the roar.”
I found and it is worth a smile. Go ahead and laugh and special thanks to the author for the quote. “The Lighter Side of Assemblage Errors”
“Once a time upon, a gritty little pearl named Little Rude Riding Head had a gasket for her branny.
“She had . . .
. . . a broaf of homemade lead,
. . . a wottle of bine,
. . . grapples and apes,
. . . three or four belly jeans,
. . . a bag of pollilops,
. . . some shop chewey,
. . . a twelve-inch peese chizza
. . . some sicken noodle choop,
. . . some plack-eyed bees,
. . . and a bottle of boot rear.”
(Rob Reid, Something Funny Happened at the Library: How to Create Humorous Programs for Children and Young Adults. American Library Association, 2003)”
Nordquist, Richard. “assemblage error (words).” ThoughtCo, May. 25, 2019, thoughtco.com/what-is-assemblage-error-1689006.
I don’t do it that often; but I just did it today to my husband!
Haha! I guess none of us are spared from these once in a while…
wait till you hear the “rojak” we make sometimes …
This condition happens to many of us, no matter our age. 🙂
I do this all the time, did it in front of the customer on Thursday. The entire room snickered. It happens.
Now, i know it is a condition – I am going to throw that out the next time I screw up.
Oh she was a genius lady.. lol
I have upvoted you but I do not know why it shows a down vote. I cannot correct it.
Those are interesting mixed words. They are also called spoonerism.
Oh not to worry. Thanks for letting me know about spoonerism. And if I have not told you today, thanks for being here on Virily. I appreciate you.
Thanks. When Virily veterans appreciate it means a lot?
There is one more thing and that is called malapropism where we use wrong words. I did that once. I said “Have passion on me” instead of “Have compassion on me”
grace, that happens (accidental downvote) all the time. Basically, it happens when you accidentally click the upvote button twice.
I t is a long know bug!
Thanks. When the first attempt did not show results I must have clicked it again.