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
