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Martin Ambuhl
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:34 am
Post subject: Re: Word for compulsive punning, please |
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dobey the elf wrote:
| Quote: | Euripedes might...
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After all, he might have been the first Greek to make a Play on words?
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If so, the others were asleep. Punning was a common feature in older
literatures such as, for example, in Genesis. The enigmatic character
of Delphic oracular sayings depended often on puns, and in Greek, too. |
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Aaron Davies
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| Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:07 am
Post subject: Re: Word for compulsive punning, please |
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Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl@earthlink.net> wrote:
| Quote: | dobey the elf wrote:
Euripedes might...
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After all, he might have been the first Greek to make a Play on words?
If so, the others were asleep.
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As, apparently, are you. "Play", forsooth!
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Aaron Davies
Opinions expressed are solely those of a random number generator.
"I don't know if it's real or not but it is a myth."
-Jami JoAnne of alt.folklore.urban, showing her grasp on reality. |
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Martin Ambuhl
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| Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:20 am
Post subject: Re: Word for compulsive punning, please |
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Aaron Davies wrote:
| Quote: | Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl@earthlink.net> wrote:
dobey the elf wrote:
Euripedes might...
[...]
After all, he might have been the first Greek to make a Play on words?
If so, the others were asleep.
As, apparently, are you. "Play", forsooth!
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Don't be stupid. Of course I say the (completely unsubtle) capitalized
"Play." Since that doesn't even come up to the standards of a
nursery-school pun, it was not worth remarking upon. I was waiting to
see which silly person would post the "whoosh." Now I know ... |
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dobey the elf
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| Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:14 am
Post subject: Re: Word for compulsive punning, please |
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Martin Ambuhl wrote:
| Quote: | Aaron Davies wrote:
Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl@earthlink.net> wrote:
dobey the elf wrote:
Euripedes might...
[...]
After all, he might have been the first Greek to make a Play on
words?
If so, the others were asleep.
As, apparently, are you. "Play", forsooth!
Don't be stupid. Of course I say the (completely unsubtle)
capitalized
"Play." Since that doesn't even come up to the standards of a
nursery-school pun, it was not worth remarking upon. I was waiting to
see which silly person would post the "whoosh." Now I know ...
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I whoosh people would make more plays on words! |
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Marc
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:19 pm
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| Mike Lyle wrote: | One of my girls is sure there's a word for compulsive punning, or for
a compulsive punster. Anybody know it?
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The correct word should be obsessive-cum-punsive. But it's known as Forster’s syndrome.
--Marc |
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