The distinguished gentleman whispered to the equally distinguished lady, "Madam, your ship is slowing." This statement illustrates
a. a spoonerism.
b. what Herbert Clark and Catherine Marshall would call "common knowledge."
c. Grice's maxim.
d. inductive reasoning.
Answer: a. a spoonerism.
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