Puns ~ why do we remember these things??

It’s Abet and Aid Punsters Day! Telling Epic Stories

Puns ~ why do we remember these things??

So yesterday’s Abet and Aid Punsters Day got me thinking about word play. Specifically the pun. A pun is a use of words or phrases to exploit ambiguities and innuendos in their meaning, usually for humorous effect. Once held in high regard, the pun has slipped to the realm of one-liners printed on bubblegum wrappers and Popsicle sticks.

For today, I’m taking another look at the One-Word Pun. One-word puns all need some kind of context to create the play on words. Usually one simple word that sounds like a different word or has another meaning does the trick (bear vs. bear or gnu vs. knew). These are called homophonic or homographic puns. Here are two homographic puns for the day.

“Corduroy pillows are making headlines.”

“Did you hear about the optometrist who fell into a lens grinder and made a spectacle of himself?”

That last one was told to me many years ago by an elderly friend named George. Every time I saw him he had some corny pun to share. He saved the bawdier jokes for my husband. I think he got a kick out of people’s pained expressions and groans. George was a paratrooper in WWII who was captured and held prisoner in a German prisoner of war camp. He’d been dropped in Holland on a strategic maneuver to secure the bridges and ended up on what would be called “the Bridge Too Far”.

(Here’s an explanation of the story. It’s told in computer speech so you’ll notice some of the words sound a little odd. She begins saying W – a,r- e when it should be said World War Two. http://youtu.be/zP7DYPdi4Lg)

I picture these imprisoned soldiers in their wooden barracks, their every move watched over by armed guards, and imagine George collecting jokes and puns to while away the months. George is gone now, but his puns remain. And this morning my husband and I remember George’s puns and George’s life. I’ll end for today with another one of his ~

“Did you hear the Energizer Bunny got arrested? He was charged with battery.”

George I’ll never forget, but after 18 years I can’t believe I’m remembering his puns!!

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100 Things Blogging Challenge!

For 100 days, I’m posting a little something from my chosen topic of Words & Quotes of Love. There are 31 entries to come. Here’s one for today:

“Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.”

~Lord Byron

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Saturday and Sunday happenings on the other blogs

My Sexy Saturday & Sexy Snippets http://calliopesotherwritingtablet.blogspot.com/

The Seductive Studs & Sirens and Weekend Writing Warriors http://theancillarymuse.blogspot.com/

The Romance Reviews Year-End Splash Party

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Other Newsie Things

The Exquisite Quills Holiday Anthology Vol.1 is out and is full of lovely wintery stories of all kinds

Come get your copy and please spread the word!

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/374815

LOVE WAITS in UNEXPECTED PLACES – Scorching Samplings of Unusual Love Stories.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/333971

Author Melissa Keir’s blog day.

http://romancebooks4us.blogspot.com/

We have new author pages up and a new November contest with one-winner-takes-all prizes. Read the pages and find the turkeys.

http://www.romancebooks4us.com/

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Romance Author Promo Op on my Exquisite Quills group blog!

Set the Scene in Six: Every Sunday all authors are welcome to share a backdrop or lead-up to a scene from their novel.

And every Wednesday is First Kiss Wednesday.

Come share a 300 word kiss.

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