Personalities and Commentaries Wordplay Humor

Personalities and Commentaries Wordplay Humor

Personalities and Commentaries

Views on the world of wordplay, puns, palindromes, anagrams and related subjects by people noted in the field.

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- Covers wordplay and puns plus his works, analyses of language and links. Invites email on the subjects.
- A technical, literary-oriented string of letters from viewers commenting on puns in classical Latin works.
- An occasional column commenting on words and wordplay.
- Maria Nutick's commentary on puns, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Richard Lederer.
- James Merrill's overview on punning.
- Commentary on puns involving Freud, Jesus and playwrights, plus links.
- List of organizations for the hardcore punster, wordplayer and verbivore.
- An essay ridiculing puns, followed by some of the author's puns of his own.
- Historical essay about word palindromes from ancient Greece to modern times.
- Commentary on palindromes plus a 306-word palindrome.
- A long paragraph about Thomas Sheridan (1687-1738) and his treatise on punning, plus mention of his correspondence with Jonathan Swift.
- Historical commentary on this famous British magazine's punning in 1841-2. Contains punnish lithographs as examples.
- Commentary on punning and humor by O Henry.
- Technical analysis of paranomasia, onomatopoeia, antanaclasis and syllepsis.
- Clay Smith's article on the science of interpreting puns as viewed by audience members of the 23rd Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships.
- Covers the history and styling of punning. The unofficial FAQ for the UseNet newsgroup alt.humor.puns.
- An ever-growing group of punsters who swap puns. Seeks new members.
- Claims that Jonathan Swift's love of wordplay and languages is fertile ground for Sanskritic wordplay in Gulliver's Travels, including the fact that Gulliver gave permission for readers to "adjust" the story.

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