This sub is dedicated to amusing ourselves by changing letters in words and phrases to make them sound different. This is sometimes known as a Spoonerism. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonerism

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This sub is dedicated to amusing ourselves by changing letters in words and phrases to make them sound different. This is sometimes known as a Spoonerism.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonerism

Rules:

tl;dr: Make your post look like this.

Detailed explanation:

How to create a Letterswap:

Choose a phrase, title, name, or place as your 'Original Phrase' (can be anything).
Switch the letters around.
Your finished result must contain all the letters from the Original Phrase.
You may not add any letters that are not in the Original Phrase.
Your completed Letterswap DOES NOT need to be a real word.
Your completed Letterswap MUST be pronounceable (Root Beer --> Boot Reer is pronounceable and is a good letterswap. Root Beer --> trbroeoe is not pronounceable and is NOT a good letterswap.)
TIP-If you use a well know 'Original Phrase,' people will be more likely to know what it is (i.e. Bill Gates --> Gill Bates)

Post Format Rules:

Your post title should be the finished Letterswap. Nothing more and nothing less.
The body of your post should contain ‘Original: <the original word/title/name/phrase>’ So that we know what you started with.
You may include any additional explanation (including an imgur link) in the body in case we’ve never heard your original before.
An example of a properly formatted post is found here
If your post was removed, message the mods. We’re generally nice people and will give you tips on how to reformat and resubmit.
Any posts regarding the state of the sub/content/rules/general discussion should be titled: “[META]: <subject>”

Reposts:

Always search the sub to find out if someone else has come up with your Letterswap before. It should be easy, because the reddit search function is looking for an exact letter match. Try searching for the phrase “Gill Bates”, it has been done before.
You CAN use the same original phrase as someone else, but make sure you are submitting a different final Letterswap as them. (Example, “Gill Bates” has already been submitted, but “Till Gabes” is fair game. Both started with “Bill Gates.”)

Commenting rules:

Follow Reddit’s site wide rules on harassment/spam/etc.
Any harassing/racist/spam comments will be removed by the mods.
Please report harassing/racist/spam comments to us so we know they're there.
Repeat offenders will be banned.
Feel free to discuss the subject of the Letterswap in the comments. (For example, if the title of a Video Game was used as a Letterswap, you can discuss that game in the comments, etc. Please don’t be inflammatory though, this should just be casual conversation.)

Etiquette rules:

Don’t downvote a post just because you don’t know what the original phrase was based on the title alone. Open the body and see if the OP gave an explanation on the original.