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Buddy #4

Could be a close one… one vote still to come!

mattrom @22

Thanks to all who took part in this week’s challenge.
It was a close call but I was relieved not to have to adjudicate the final decision.
Buddy and Paul share third place honours.
Second is Tyke with two votes and out in front with three votes is Mattrom@22 with a Spoonerism and centrally placed definition (I like it) …

Tibetan monk prepared breakfast spread for Spooner (9)

Congratulations Mattrom, your prize is a musical medley from the 60s, 70s and naughties …

Ob-La-Di…
https://youtu.be/ax7J7HOP8II

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?…
https://youtu.be/Tn0-6n_dng4?si=oocqQ6QsDgrSi_0y

Four “bad ass chicks” (their words not mine)… https://youtu.be/RQa7SvVCdZk

Cheers all, WPR follows…

Congrats mattrom and thanks also for the vote.

Not intended as a complaint about the winner, but a genuine question. I know soundalikes can hinge on regional pronunciations, - it is really pronounced "mama lade" or is this just the latitude that sometimes is given to these types of clues?

Cheers also to jono.

congrats mattrom and thanks jono.

buddy - that's why the clue didn't get my vote.

Surely (The Dalai) Lama does not rhyme with gamma but with Starmer and therefore marma(lade), or have I misunderstood something? Spoonerisms are phonetic.

Congratulations, mattrom, and thanks for hosting, Jono.

So in terms of pronunciation, is there an R in lama, or not an R in Starmer? This is what my American ears can't grasp. Starmer is pronounced STA-MA?

Well done Mattrom - nice to see the good Reverend inspire a winning clue! Cheers Jono - appreciate your votes Dorrien & Buddy.

I pronounce lama to rhyme with drama!