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Re: I have a question
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lugnet.off-topic.pun
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Sun, 27 Feb 2000 20:55:32 GMT
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johnneal@#SayNoToSpam#uswest.net
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Tom McDonald wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.pun, John Neal writes:
> >
> > 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.
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> (Slight correction)
> "I'd rather have a bottle in front o' me than a frontal lobotomy."
Speak for yourself;-)
> 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.
Not to be confused with a Yogi-ism: "Nobody goes to that restaurant
anymore...it's too crowded"
> 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.
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> End Mr. Spock Mode
I think Tuvok is the Vulcan dejour. You must be Old School;-)
-John
> -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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| (...) Er, um.. drink for myself :-) (...) Spock r0cks! All other known males of the Vulcan species possess diminished countenance should they be juxtaposed for evaluation of comparative personal and logical disciplines. -Tom McD. when replying, (...) (27 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| (...) (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 (...) (27 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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