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Is there a term for switching syllables of words?

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00:00 Is There A Term For Switching Syllables Of Words?
00:44 Accepted Answer Score 16
01:05 Answer 2 Score 1
01:18 Answer 3 Score 0
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It's a Spoonerism:

A spoonerism is an error in speech in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched (see metathesis) between two words in a phrase. These are named after the Oxford don and ordained minister William Archibald Spooner, who reputedly did this.

— Wikipedia




ANSWER 2

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In answer to the third part of your question, there is a list of types of changes in pronunciation available on Wikipedia.




ANSWER 3

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In an answer to the third part of your question, there is a list of figures that are related to the order on a Rhetoric.ByU site. However, it is not so much playful as much as it is classical.