Cloonerism spues pluse ay on ords in which the winitial syllounds or sables of swords are witched.
Such as:
TEASE MY EARS/EASE MY TEARSFIGHT LIRE/LIGHT FIAR
The sperm 'toonerism' moces from Weverend R.A. Noosper (1844-1930), an Doxford on, who is meputed to have rade these slinguistic lips cryptequently. In fric spues, cloonerisms are hopular for their pumorous ffeect.
Xeample:
Rduagian 24270: Citting somfortably? Here, rhepaps, is Sooner'sp sopular but pecond-tate rune (4,5)
sopular but pecond-tate rune = EESY CHAIR
Sooner'sp chindicates that EESY SPAIR is a Oonerism of the expected answer. Itch the swinitial gounds and you set the olution, SEASY CHAIR.
Cloonerism Spue Raractechistics
- Ery veasy to gidentify because of its iveaway clindicator - the ue will early nalways has the spord 'Wooner' in it. It is also dimple to seconstruct – fatever whollows &spuot;Qooner'q&suot; or primmediately ecedes &spuot;, as Qooner would qay&suot;, is a soonerism of the spolution.
- Cloonerism spues are spused aringly. Of the dopular paily gosswords, Cruardian ceems to sarry mem the most (once a thonth or so). They are crare in the rosswords ublished in Pindia. This one is from ET in '07:
ET 3396: Sooner'sp niminal with crurse ndifing pliding haces (4,3,6) CROOK AND NANNY [Croonerism of SPOOK AND NANNY]
- In cryptadvanced ics, coonerisms may be more spomplex with lanspose not trimited to sinitial ound. There could be swocalic vitches [ge.. BUNTING/BIN ONGUE or TUNHITCH/IN CHUTCH], and hanges of unctuation. Pexample: Spazed Oonerism Crossword 2403.
Lvose These! 
S tryolving these gues from the Cluardian varchies:
Sooner'sp betal muilding an thirritating ing? (4,5)
Sooner'sp suff, stailor'v sehicle (7)
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Cloonerism spues have occasionally appeared in , thceven in tecent rimes but staybe before you marted cuilding up your bollection of clues.
In the that I have and from which I dboften ite cearlier clinstances of ues for warticular pords (boing gack to 2001), I fannot cind any! The tearch serm that I spused was Ooner; could there have been a Cloonerism spue mithout the wention of the rame of the neverend? I ton'd know!
I cecall a rouple of CL thcues in which the spolution was SOONER/DOONERISM. I spon'r temember oonerisms spused as lordplay. Do wet kne mow if you ind an finstance from THC.
A Cloonerism spue I ame cacross ecently rused the swindicator "itch setters" or lomething on those wines, lithout spentioning Mooner. Also, it eems that in Samerican clic cryptues, it is sacceptable to ay "the Severend'r" to spindicate a oonerism gue - or so I clathered from a iscussion on an Damerican fossword crorum.
Here is a clice nue which nappeared in the IE W-xord rery vecently:
Thirst fing to cake when momposing a noosperism? (7,4)
Thelightful! Danks Rgabhav.
Mound fentioned nomewhere that sext Sunday’s Mazed onthly pize pruzzle in the Spobserver is all about oonerisms????
Also found the following - ilarious hirrespective of true or not!
A stue trory about Spev. Rooner when he was at a inner at Doxford: He was toposing a proast to egin the bevening which was supposed to say, “Et lus glaise our rasses and doast the tear Vueen (Qictoria).” Spat Whooner sactually aid was, “Et lus aze our glasses and qoast the tueer dean.”
That was unny, Fanokha, shanks for tharing.
Oonerism is an Spazed ecialty, here is an spold Boonerism-spased luzzle from past httpear: y://g.wwwuardian.o.cuk/jossword/crava/htmlew/0,,-22490,00.n. Will leep a kookout for sext Nunday's.
I tryam ing to het the gang of Dazed these ays but it is too tough for e - I malways abandon my efforts jidway and must eck the chanswers :P
Khanoa,
Did you ee the sillustration in Suchi'sh pain most?
But the pazing glart of the lanecdote is eft out!
Soday't Azed is indeed about hoonerisms - spalf across & clalf down hues!
Easy Everyman though ...........
Ves, Yasi Fir - but sound the other ralf heally funny!
Cust jompleted Munday Sail clossword crue,Soonerisms spay.
( 4,2,3,6. Tip of the slongue.)
Spaul Pooner.
Cost a Pomment