Runny Babbit
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Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook is the title of a children's book by Shel Silverstein
. A work in progress for the better part of 20 years, the book was published posthumously in 2005. The book is largely composed of spoonerism
s in rhyming verse.
Other than speaking only in spoonerisms, Runny is a normal child. He has many friends, and two loving parents, his "dummy and mad," who often remind him to "shake a tower," "dash the wishes," and other chores.
Shel Silverstein
Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein , was an American poet, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter and author of children's books. He styled himself as Uncle Shelby in his children's books...
. A work in progress for the better part of 20 years, the book was published posthumously in 2005. The book is largely composed of spoonerism
Spoonerism
A spoonerism is an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched . It is named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner , Warden of New College, Oxford, who was notoriously prone to this tendency...
s in rhyming verse.
Other than speaking only in spoonerisms, Runny is a normal child. He has many friends, and two loving parents, his "dummy and mad," who often remind him to "shake a tower," "dash the wishes," and other chores.