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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Punning in haiku #122772 02/12/04 11:34 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Puns are practically impossible to translate (I don't know how they do it in Asterix) This is the best site on haiku I could find quickly. Check particularly the links to A few practical rules and The puns and plays of word http://web.wanadoo.be/tempslibres/en/mode0.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: mooning in haiku #122773 02/13/04 12:19 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont http://web.wanadoo.be/tempslibres/en/info01.html from Faldage's link some nifty names of the moons need time to ponder. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Punning #122774 02/13/04 12:32 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York ladymoon, it's nice to see you around again. What I'd like to know is: on what authority did your teacher assert this? What credentials does s/he possess? What foreign languages does this person speak? Have you mentioned our collective response in class? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Punning #122775 02/13/04 01:25 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 137 Usually the western United Sta... L ladymoon OP member OP ladymoon member L Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 137 Usually the western United Sta... I haven't mentioned it yet because we currently have someone else teaching the class while the first is in Japan (telling them they can't pun?) He's also spent time in Germany. (I will not assume he speaks German, but I think he lived there eight years.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Punning #122776 02/13/04 01:42 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Does anyone know a term for a bilingual pun? Such as: Why is a virgin like a sneeze? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Punning #122777 02/13/04 07:20 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK I don't know, Perfesser. Why *is a virgin like a sneeze? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Punning #122778 02/13/04 08:44 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 When a little girl sneezed, her Dad said "Gesundheit!" The little girl protested:"Daddy, Gesundheit hurts!" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Punning #122779 02/13/04 08:49 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Arright. If she's a virgin, how's she know gesundheit hurts? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Punning #122780 02/13/04 09:12 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Her big sister told her. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Punning #122781 02/14/04 01:40 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Die ganze Welt ist mit weh voll! 'tsuris! 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