Register Log In Wordsmith Talk Forums General Topics Miscellany humor Search Advanced Forum Search Forums Calendar Active Threads

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: humor--punnery #37270 08/02/2001 12:39 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Did anyone see the recent article about how wit and language has suffered from the loss of popular punnery so prevalent until the beginning of the 20th Century? If I can find it I'll post it. By the way, they mentioned Conundrums (The Riddler 1839!). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted humor tsuwm 08/01/2001 10:14 PM Re: humor Anonymous 08/01/2001 10:23 PM Max Quordlepleen 08/01/2001 10:25 PM Re: humor of troy 08/01/2001 11:00 PM Re: humor Bobyoungbalt 08/02/2001 3:40 PM Re: humor Jackie 08/02/2001 3:52 PM Re: humor of troy 08/02/2001 4:24 PM Re: humor musick 08/01/2001 11:26 PM A paper about humour, without any!!!? belligerentyouth 08/02/2001 7:21 AM Re: A paper about humour, without any!!!? Faldage 08/02/2001 10:57 AM Who mentioned girls? of troy 08/02/2001 11:51 AM Re: A paper about humour, without any!!!? RhubarbCommando 08/02/2001 12:10 PM Re: Social psychology Faldage 08/02/2001 12:22 PM Re: humor--punnery WhitmanO'Neill 08/02/2001 12:39 AM Re: humor Brandon 08/02/2001 12:42 PM Re: brandon's link Anonymous 08/02/2001 6:01 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

Default Style BlackNTan Drab eBay GooG v2 infopop new dark new light original dark original stock rounded corners Slate snow sunny dropshadow theblues Touch Of Grey UBB.threads UBB.threads - Dark UBB.threads - Light UBBCentral UBBCentral - Crimson UBBCentral - Lime UBBCentral - Marshmallow UBBCentral - Mocha UBBCentral - Zen UBBT77 UBBT77 - Dark ubbthreads ubbthreads-dark Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith Talk