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    Open in a new Window   » Art of Punning - A long paragraph about Thomas Sheridan (1687-1738) and his treatise on punning, plus mention of his correspondence with Jonathan Swift.

    Open in a new Window   » The Atrium - A technical, literary-oriented string of letters from viewers commenting on puns in classical Latin works.

    Open in a new Window   » Author's Defense - Claims that Jonathan Swift's love of wordplay and languages is fertile ground for Sanskritic wordplay in Gulliver's Travels, including the fact that Gulliver gave permission for readers to "adjust" the story.

    Open in a new Window   » Commentary on Puns - James Merrill's overview on punning.

    Open in a new Window   » Confessions Of A Humorist - Commentary on punning and humor by O Henry.

    Open in a new Window   » Examples of Tropes in Puns - Technical analysis of paranomasia, onomatopoeia, antanaclasis and syllepsis.

    Open in a new Window   » Lowest Form of Wit - Commentary on puns involving Freud, Jesus and playwrights, plus links.

    Open in a new Window   » Palindromes - Commentary on palindromes plus a 306-word palindrome.

    Open in a new Window   » Palindromes (Part One) - Historical essay about word palindromes from ancient Greece to modern times.

    Open in a new Window   » The Pun FAQtory - Covers the history and styling of punning. The unofficial FAQ for the UseNet newsgroup alt.humor.puns.

    Open in a new Window   » Punch Puns - Historical commentary on this famous British magazine's punning in 1841-2. Contains punnish lithographs as examples.

    Open in a new Window   » Puns of Steel - Clay Smith's article on the science of interpreting puns as viewed by audience members of the 23rd Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships.

    Open in a new Window   » Pun-Smoke - Maria Nutick's commentary on puns, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Richard Lederer.

    Open in a new Window   » Richard Lederer's Verbivore - Covers wordplay and puns plus his works, analyses of language and links. Invites email on the subjects.

    Open in a new Window   » Words and Stuff - An occasional column commenting on words and wordplay.

    Open in a new Window   » Yahoo! Groups: Puns-of-the-Day - An ever-growing group of punsters who swap puns. Seeks new members.


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