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#142362 04/22/2005 11:39 AM
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Is there a word for a pun across two or more languages?


#142363 04/22/2005 3:01 PM
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I'm sure Fong has got several.


#142364 04/22/2005 5:43 PM
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Bipungual.


#142365 04/22/2005 6:14 PM
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Feeding bifurcate, pun, and lingual together into the Europanto Word Whisperer gives... <clunk, clunk, clunk>

bifungal


#142366 04/22/2005 6:20 PM
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Bi[p]ungual!

Bifungal: clouds of confusion.

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I was once given the word I'm looking for, but I've lost it.

this was not only a legitimate query, but a hint, ich glaub'. [winkicon]


#142367 04/23/2005 5:37 AM
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Don't know the defining word, but a favorite example, from PDQ Bach, "Shave and a haircut--zwei, bitte!"



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