![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In The Pun Also Rises, John Pollack-a former World Pun Champion and presidential speechwriter for Bill Clinton-explains why such wordplay is significant: It both revolutionized language and played a pivotal role in making the modern world possible. But such attitudes are relatively recent developments. ![]() The pun is commonly dismissed as the lowest form of wit, and punsters are often unpopular for their obsessive wordplay. Includes bibliographical references and indexĬutting it up : the anatomy of a pun - Labs and retrievers : how the brain fetches meaning from sound - To pun or not to pun : the risible fall of puns through time - Riddles of history : how puns conquered human imagination - More than some antics : why puns matterĪ funny, erudite, and provocative exploration of puns, the people who make them, and this derided wordplay's remarkable impact on history. ![]()
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