漫談英語："Thrown into the air" and "heir to the throne"

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This is a typical type of joke (called a spoonerism), where two things are compared and the first letters of two words are changed around. Here, a ball is thrown into the air, and a prince is heir to the throne - meaning he will be the next King. "Heir" and "air" and "thrown" and "throne" have exactly the same pronunciation in English.■漫畫&說明︰英國文化協會

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