As many people know, the spoonerism owes its name to William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930), an English dean who wittily (or unwittingly) transposed the initial sounds of his words and phrases, saying ...

rd by an agricultural and pastoral people, and must farm or die. The Maori does farm ; Maori chiefs own villages, build Louses which they let to European settlers. We have Jiere Maori sheep ...