William Archibald Spooner Quotes

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Her late husband, you know, a very sad death—eaten by missionaries—poor soul!

William Archibald Spooner

You will find as you grow older that the weight of rages will press harder and harder upon the employer.

William Archibald Spooner

I remember your name perfectly; but I just can't think of your face.

William Archibald Spooner

You have deliberately tasted two worms and you can leave Oxford by the next town drain.

William Archibald Spooner

Reprimanding a student:

You have tasted your worm, you have hissed my mystery lectures, and you must leave by the first town drain.

William Archibald Spooner

Was it you or your brother who was killed in the war?

William Archibald Spooner

William Archibald Spooner

William Archibald Spooner

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Born: July 22, 1844

Died: August 29, 1930 (aged 86)

Bio: William Archibald Spooner was a long-serving Oxford don, notable for absent-mindedness, and supposedly liable to mix up the syllables in a spoken phrase, with unintentionally comic effect.

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