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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Punning #122762 02/12/04 04:39 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... In a class that I'm taking we were told that punning was a strictly western phenomenon. English being one of the few languages in which it's possible. German and Japanese being examples given in which it's not possible. Opinions? If we were discussing in Russian would Ted be... Ted? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Punning ladymoon 02/12/04 04:39 AM Re: Punning jheem 02/12/04 06:35 AM Re: Punning Jenet 02/12/04 07:41 AM Re: Punning Faldage 02/12/04 11:23 AM Re: Punning ladymoon 02/12/04 10:39 PM Re: Punning Zed 02/12/04 11:27 PM Punning in the OT Father Steve 02/14/04 10:16 PM Re: Punning in haiku Faldage 02/12/04 11:34 PM Re: mooning in haiku Buffalo Shrdlu 02/13/04 12:19 AM Re: Punning AnnaStrophic 02/13/04 12:32 AM Re: Punning ladymoon 02/13/04 01:25 AM Re: Punning wwh 02/13/04 01:42 AM Re: Punning dxb 02/13/04 07:20 AM Re: Punning wwh 02/13/04 08:44 PM Re: Punning Faldage 02/13/04 08:49 PM Re: Punning wwh 02/13/04 09:12 PM Re: Punning wwh 02/14/04 01:40 PM Re: Punning wwh 02/14/04 08:56 PM Re: Punning wow 02/14/04 02:23 PM Re: Punning sjmaxq 02/12/04 07:34 AM Re: Punning wow 02/12/04 01:44 PM Re: Punning Capfka 02/12/04 08:59 PM Re: Punning TEd Remington 02/12/04 11:23 PM 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. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,892 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 357 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 29 wofahulicodoc 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,893 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,947 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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