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Friday, 24 December 2010

Puns upon a time


An interesting article on the BBC website about the return of puns in comedy. The author, Gareth Edwards, describes a pun as the “moment when the beautifully knitted cardigan of language catches on the nail of reality and ever-so-slightly unravels.”

I once entered a pun contest. I submitted ten entries in the hope of winning a prize. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.

Posted by Canny Linguist at 22:05
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