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Re: I have a question
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Sun, 27 Feb 2000 07:26:52 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.pun, John Neal writes:
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> Morgan James wrote:
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> > What is a pun?
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> I'd rather have a beer in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
(Slight correction)
"I'd rather have a bottle in front o' me than a frontal lobotomy."
This example is technically not a pun, but closer to a "Spoonerism", as there
is no double meaning of the words as they stand in the first place.
A Spoonerism is achieved, more or less, by the swapping of the sounds of
syllables amongst words to make other words, thus changing the words, and
therefore changing the meaning of the whole thought, the usual object of which
is to obtain a humorous or altruistic remark.
End Mr. Spock Mode
-Tom McD.
when replying, new wide-stick spamcake makes effective mosquito repellent if
you don't mind the resulting festering pusstules.
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| (...) Speak for yourself;-) (...) Not to be confused with a Yogi-ism: "Nobody goes to that restaurant anymore...it's too crowded" (...) I think Tuvok is the Vulcan dejour. You must be Old School;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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