Homophonic pun
+4. The sun’s rays meet. +5. Many a blonde dyes by her own hand. +6. When a woman complained to a butcher that these sausages tasted like meat at one end but like bread crumb at the other, he replied, “Madam, in times like these, no butcher can make both ends meet.”
Exercises
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Ask me tomorrow and you shall find a grave man. Drunk drivers often put the quart before the hearse. “Could I try on the trousers in the window?” asked the customer in the man’s shop. “You can if you want, sir,” replied the salesman, “but we do have a dressing room.”
Pun
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Definition
“It is a figure of speech which involves the use of a word with more than one meaning, or the use of two or more words with the same or similar sound but different meanings.”
Homonymic pun
+4. If we don’t hand together we’ll hang separately. +5. An ambassador is an honest man who lies abroad for the good of his country. +6. What is the difference between a soldier and a young girl? One powders the face, the other faces the powder.
The whole point of a pun is the user’s intent to produce a humorous or witty effect from the juxtaposition of meanings.
Homonyms, homophones and homographs are commonly used to construct puns.
Pun in riddles
(5) Why is a crow a brave bird? —Because it never shows a white feather. (6) Why is dough like the sun? —When it rises it is light. (7) Why are the Middle Ages called the Dark Ages? —Because there were so many knights then.源自Pun in riddles
Easy. He rubbed his hands together until they were sore. He took the saw and cut the table in half. Two halves make a whole. He climbed through the hole and shouted until he was hoarse. Then he jumped on the horse and rode away.
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4. If you had two wires, and you took one away, what would you have? —A wireless.
Homework: Try to find more puns, or riddles with puns.
Homophone a. write—[rait] v. form or mark symbols b. rite—[rait] n. a religious observance c. right—[rait] adj. just, morally good
Homographs
A homograph is a word that is identical to another word in spelling but not in pronunciation and meaning.
b. lie—[lai] v. to have one’s body in a more or less horizontal position along ground or surface
Homophones
A homophone is a word that is identical to another in pronunciation but not in spelling and meaning.
Homonyms
A homonym is a word that is identical to another word in pronunciation and spelling but not in meaning.
Homonyms
a. lie—[lai] n. & v. (to make) an intentional false statement
Homograph
a. wind—[wind] n. air in a more os less rapid natural motion
b. wind—[waind] v. go in circular and spiral course
Homonymic pun
1. My doctor says one million people are overweight. Those, of course, are round figures. 2. I can’t be any graver until you find me a grave man. 3. He preferred to take to his legs rather than to lay down his arms.
Homonymic pun
+7. A man sits down at a table in a restaurant and asks, “Do you serve crabs here?” the waiter says, “Sure, sit down, we serve anybody.”
Homophonic pun
+7. “Waiter, there’s a hair in my soup.” “So sorry, sir. Did you order it without?”
Pun in riddles
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Why is a river rich? Why is every book like tree in summer? What starts with T, ends with T, and is full of T? How do you keep cook at a football game? —Sit next to a fan.
Homophonic pun
1. Seven days without water makes one weak. 2.On Sunday they pray for and on Monday they prey on you. 3. What flower can be found between the nose and the chin? —Tulips.
Pun in riddles
There was once a man who was imprisoned in a cell. All around him were four solid walls. There was a solid floor and a solid ceiling, no windows, and no doors. The only thins in the room was a wooden table. How did he get out?