Punning was a big thing.
because punning thrives on ambiguity.
So punning is very powerful, even today.
Just brilliant punning back and forth, back and forth, again, for purposes of subversion.
The great thing about punning is that it takes you from topic A to topic Q very randomly sometimes, apparently.
I would say that punning is very relevant meaning.
That's the beautiful thing about punning , is that as soon as you try and define it, somebody can come up with one
And you still got smart punning in some pop culture.
And they have these long ritual punning duals in which they go back and forth, back and forth for hours, and you
So this happens to be the crux of punning , too, at its core--
And so who knew that Google was a punning organization intrinsically?
And some of the social status that had been associated with punning was suddenly called into question, because, well, hey, if everyone can pun, it must not be that great a mark
And I came across the story about Samuel Johnson punning .
But all the names of the creatures are punning references to things that are banned in China.
But there were 350 super nerds in the room punning -- not everyone was punning .
So how old do you think the first evidence of punning is?
So we know that people had the capacity for punning 35,000 years ago.
And they were great sources of punning .
weren't that much smarter than the average Joe when it came to punning .
Who can think of some punning product names?
Now, am I arguing that punning is a substitute for reason?
How was Clinton at punning without his writers?
So about 35,000 years ago, we have our first evidence of punning .
So, in essence, they were punning .
So regarding your time in Spain being the Foreign Correspondent, did you find that punning was similar
But sort of that's kind of a, a kind of punning into meaning.
Lawyers punned , judges punned in their judgments, the playwrights were punning , the poets were punning .
So as you shift from an oral culture to a print culture, suddenly some of the wind is lost from the sails of punning
Now, you think, what does coffee have to do with punning ?
And, in fact, if you do an image search, you'll find great punning sign boards across America today in that
And I'll get the exact quote, but he basically said, listen, you wouldn't believe all the punning that's going on here.
So the great orators, the great statesman, the great writers of the era, they were punning too.
And that is one side of the coin, and punning is the other side.
Well, certain cultures, as I mentioned, esteem punning .