I've been told that English lends itself especially well to puns and
that some other languages do not. But I don't know any other language
well enough to understand why.
Excellent pun there, Piers. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
> ROTFLOL ! - I love playing with words (and a small part of my work
> involves such a playing).
> Somehow, lots of OT posts and threads in this list involve a very good
> humored 'use' of English.
> It makes me often recall Alice in Wonderland, specially the dialog held
> between Alice and The Mock Turtle.
>
> And then, there are Andrew's posts :-)
>
> Fernando.
> (fortunately, my mother insisted that I must study English - when I was
> 8. Damn.)
>
> Piers Hemy wrote:
>> else we would have a Pen-demic!
>>
>> Piers
>>
>
>
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