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On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:41:53 -0500, Warp wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:12:28 -0500, Warp wrote:
>
>> > "Nowadays it takes hours and hours to complete a game. Back in the
>> > good old times you could complete a game like this in under 12
>> > minutes."
>> >
>> > I admit it might not be the funniest and witties of puns, but I think
>> > it's at least slightly funny as humor.
>
>> I'm not seeing a pun here.
>
> Then I suppose you also don't see the pun in humor like "when I was a
> kid we had to walk to school up-hill. Both ways."
>
> (Not the same joke, of course. But the same category.)
That's not a pun.
A pun is:
"The use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more meanings or
different associations, or of two or more words of the same or nearly the
same sound with different meanings, so as to produce a humorous effect; a
play on words."
(Source: Oxford English Dictionary)
For example:
Did you see the movie about the hot dog? It was an Oscar Wiener.
(The pun here is the juxtaposition of "Wiener" with "Winner").
Or:
A good pun is its own reword.
("reword" and "reward")
Or:
Santa’s helpers are subordinate Clauses.
("subordinate clause" has a specific meaning in English - http://
www.chompchomp.com/terms/subordinateclause.htm is a good explanation)
Jim
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On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:40:57 -0500, Warp wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>> On 17/02/2013 9:41 PM, Warp wrote:
>> > Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> >> On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:12:28 -0500, Warp wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >> I'm not seeing a pun here.
>> >
>> > Then I suppose you also don't see the pun in humor like "when I was a
>> > kid we had to walk to school up-hill. Both ways."
>> >
>> >
>> Because there is no pun. At least not in English.
>
> Ok, I may be misusing the term "pun" here, but that's not really the
> point.
Well, it kinda is - you said that what you said was a pun. But I didn't
see one.
That said, it was funny in and of itself - but also it was funny because
of the reaction it got.
Jim
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Am 18.02.2013 07:03, schrieb Jim Henderson:
> Santa’s helpers are subordinate Clauses.
I'm not sure about that. With no other statement to back up that claim,
I must assume they're just ordinary subjects.
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> I got a really odd response by someone calling me an idiot and explaining
IME whatever you write on YouTube, someone somewhere will come back and
call you an idiot. Still, lots of comments probably means lots of views
which means lots of advertising money for the uploader :-)
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On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:46:50 +0100, clipka wrote:
> Am 18.02.2013 07:03, schrieb Jim Henderson:
>
>> Santa’s helpers are subordinate Clauses.
>
> I'm not sure about that. With no other statement to back up that claim,
> I must assume they're just ordinary subjects.
LOL
Jim
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On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:03:59 -0500, Jim Henderson wrote:
> For example:
A couple more examples that I ran across today that were actually pretty
good:
"I sat up all night trying to figure out where the sun went. Then it
dawned on me."
and
"I spent months trying to figure out how teach my pet kangaroo to box.
Then it hit me."
:)
Jim
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On 24/02/2013 9:51 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> A couple more examples that I ran across today that were actually pretty
> good:
>
> "I sat up all night trying to figure out where the sun went. Then it
> dawned on me."
>
> and
>
> "I spent months trying to figure out how teach my pet kangaroo to box.
> Then it hit me."
I don't know, Jim. They might be better if they're more grown. ;-)
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:41:56 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> On 24/02/2013 9:51 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> A couple more examples that I ran across today that were actually
>> pretty good:
>>
>> "I sat up all night trying to figure out where the sun went. Then it
>> dawned on me."
>>
>> and
>>
>> "I spent months trying to figure out how teach my pet kangaroo to box.
>> Then it hit me."
>
> I don't know, Jim. They might be better if they're more grown. ;-)
:)
Jim
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