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 | - Art of Punning
- A long paragraph about Thomas Sheridan (1687-1738) and his treatise on punning, plus mention of his correspondence with Jonathan Swift.
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Sheridan
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 | - The Atrium
- A technical, literary-oriented string of letters from viewers commenting on puns in classical Latin works.
http://atrium-media.com/goldenthreads/latinpuns.html
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 | - Commentary on Puns
- James Merrill's overview on punning.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/merrill/puns.htm
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 | - Examples of Tropes in Puns
- Technical analysis of paranomasia, onomatopoeia, antanaclasis and syllepsis.
http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/Groupings/OF%20WORDPLAY.HTM
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 | - Lowest Form of Wit
- Commentary on puns involving Freud, Jesus and playwrights, plus links.
http://puzzles.about.com/library/weekly/aa000609.htm
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 | - Palindromes
- Commentary on palindromes plus a 306-word palindrome.
http://www.growndodo.com/wordplay/palindromes/index.html
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 | - Palindromes (Part One)
- Historical essay about word palindromes from ancient Greece to modern times.
http://puzzles.about.com/library/weekly/aa000131.htm
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 | - The Pun FAQtory
- Covers the history and styling of punning. The unofficial FAQ for the UseNet newsgroup alt.humor.puns.
http://www.irregardless.net/punster/puns.html
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 | - 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.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2000-05-12/books_feature.html
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 | - Pun-Smoke
- Maria Nutick's commentary on puns, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Richard Lederer.
http://www.greenmanreview.com/film/film_punsmoke.html
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 | - Richard Lederer's Verbivore
- Covers wordplay and puns plus his works, analyses of language and links. Invites email on the subjects.
http://www.verbivore.com/
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 | - Words and Stuff
- An occasional column commenting on words and wordplay.
http://www.kith.org/logos/words/words.html
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