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Whether you’re trying to impress everyone at a social gathering, looking for a witty social media caption or simply searching for some innocent icebreakers among friends, these chicken puns will ...
"No pun intended" is a phrase we hear a lot, but as Lee Cowan found out, there's an annual gathering in Texas where puns are not only intended, they're encouraged -- and so are the groans: The ...
Ben Mayo will sign copies of the latest in his pun book series, “What’s The Difference Between...”, from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Encore Books, 415 Walnut St. in Yakima.
After all, who doesn't appreciate witticism? And whether or not you're a fan of word play, puns are inescapable. To pun is to use homonyms as synonyms, words that sound alike but have a different ...
The pun, he says, is “the engine of change in language, you can’t slip from one idea to another is meaning is fixed. I live in that kind of space where you can stack up meanings and references ...
Puns and wordplay are a part of everyday life in Hong Kong society. Cantonese, spoken by 89.5 percent of the population, is written in traditional Chinese characters, but is richer in tones and ...
A man who repairs bike tires reads a newspaper behind his air pumps in Shanghai on Nov. 27, 2014. China’s media regulator has issued an order restricting puns and wordplay in copy.