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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: Eustasy #155676 02/16/06 01:58 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Well, *I got it. Come here, musick, and get a nice hug and a pat on the back. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Eustasy #155677 02/16/06 12:57 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Splutter. Splutter. He has no reason to apologize for a pun, particularly a really nice one like that. That's why I said, "Why?" TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Eustasy #155678 02/16/06 01:12 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I apologize. [grovel] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Eustasy #155679 02/16/06 02:20 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Sorry to quibble, but is musick's wordplay there really a pun in the strict sense? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Eustasy #155680 02/16/06 04:15 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Quote: Sorry to quibble, but is musick's wordplay there really a pun in the strict sense? Grumble. Grumble. You've been listening to that prescriptivist Faldage too much. Eustasy much less of this kind of quibbling. If it's a play on words it's a pun to us descriptivists. Damn! I couldn't say that with a straight face. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Eustasy #155681 02/16/06 11:12 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Quote: If it's a play on words it's a pun to us descriptivists. I agree. If it's a play on words it's a pun. We just have different ideas of what a play on words is. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Eustasy #155682 02/16/06 11:23 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass is there a difference then between a play on words and wordplay? I've often heard it said that puns are one form of wordplay. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Crime and punishment...but I repeat myself #155683 02/16/06 11:53 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Well I have to admit that after looking it up, punning includes polysemy ("The King is not a subject") as well as near-homonymy ("Oh, the huge manatee!.") Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Crime and punishment...but I repeat myself #155684 02/20/06 11:29 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Now how on earth did that spark an add for maternity hose? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Eustabee #155685 02/21/06 06:08 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago we should form a group to annotate musick's posts. Oh, there's enough of yous already to, at the very least, formulate a transcription. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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