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Palin Comparison

Okay, keeping in mind I think both presidential candidates are atrocious, and I have no real opinion about Sarah Palin beyond the fact I think it would be fun to do her, I've recently been noticing an odd phenomenon regarding her name and the name of her family members.

There's a linguistic anomaly called a spoonerism, which basically takes two words and transposes the first one or or two letters. Thus, a "sink by the door" becomes a "dink by the soor." Or, "take a shit" becomes "shake a tit." My grandfather was a legendary fan of spoonerisms. He was always talking about "stoing to the gore" and "dalking the wog." One of his favorites had to do with a local townsperson named "Denis" and his pickup--and he was particularly gleeful when Denis put his "pickup in the ditch."

ANYHOOOOoooooooo. My grandfather passed on his penchant for spoonerisms to my mother, who in turn passed it on to me, and it was for that reason that I realized, earlier this week:

- Sarah Palin = Parah Salin. I honestly don't know if she enjoys parasailing or not, but she should.

- Trig Palin = Pig Tralin. Why he would want to trail pigs, I have no idea.

- Bristol Palin = Pistol Bralin. Because guns should be accessible to the blind, too.

- Track Palin = Pack Tralin. A prepared hiker, if ever there was one.

- Willow Palin = Pillow Walin. For those tough and crying times after a boy dumps you.

- Todd Palin = Podd Talin. Which pods he may be tailing, I have no clue.

- Piper Palin = Well, this one is spoonerism-proof, much like my own name.

Posted by Ryan at September 26, 2008 09:18 AM | TrackBack