James Naughtie on The Culture Secretary

[NormanD]

He says "Spoonerism". I say "Freudian slip".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/de ... eremy-hunt

[Neil Foxlee]

Reminds me of a certain album by Caravan:

[uiwangmike]

Or this one:

[Ted]

A classic case of neither the warmth nor the depth.

[NormanD]

In fact, it wasn't a spoonerism. That would have been "Heremy Junt" or, more in the spirit of what he did say, "Keremy Junt". Either way, he was right first time.

[Neil Foxlee]

He's not the Messiah, he's a very Naughtie boy...

[Chris P]

In fact, it wasn't a spoonerism. That would have been "Heremy Junt" or, more in the spirit of what he did say, "Keremy Junt". Either way, he was right first time.

true, but it was a spoonerism : Jeremy *unt, Hulture secretary

[NormanD]

...but it was a spoonerism : Jeremy *unt, Hulture secretary

But he does say Culture Secretary.

Freud, my friend.

[Neil Foxlee]

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[NormanD]

True. And he deserves one.

[will vine]

I've just read that Andrew Marr, in discussing the Jim Naughtie episode, accidentally repeated the very same gaffe on the following programme (Start The week).
What a c*** !

[NormanD]

I did actually hear the interview, and not the previous gaffe. The tenor of what Hunt said was that money would be taken from the BBC's licence fee money and allocated to broadband infrastructure. I can understand the BBC's ire, but - please - such language, albeit accidental.

To paraphrase a Jeremy Hardy gag:

"I never use the "C" word. It's sexist, it's demeaning of women, it's a vulgar slur on our own mothers and half of the world's population.

But how else can you possibly talk about the Coalition?"