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Words and Stuff
An occasional column commenting on words and wordplay.
http://www.kith.org/logos/words/words.html
Author's Defense
Claims that Jonathan Swift's love of wordplay and languages is fertile ground for Sanskritic wordplay in Gulliver's Travels, including the fact that Gulliver gave permission for readers to "adjust" the story.
http://geocities.com/sanskritpuns99/defense.html
Commentary on Puns
James Merrill's overview on punning.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/merrill/puns.htm
Examples of Tropes in Puns
Technical analysis of paranomasia, onomatopoeia, antanaclasis and syllepsis.
http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/Groupings/OF%20WORDPLAY.HTM
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
Language Organizations
List of organizations for the hardcore punster, wordplayer and verbivore.
http://pw1.netcom.com/~rlederer/rlorg.htm
Punch Puns
Historical commentary on this famous British magazine's punning in 1841-2. Contains punnish lithographs as examples.
http://www.britannia.com/travel/betts/g2.html
Richard Lederer's Verbivore
Covers wordplay and puns plus his works, analyses of language and links. Invites email on the subjects.
http://pw1.netcom.com/~rlederer/index.htm
Yahoo! Groups: Puns-of-the-Day
An ever-growing group of punsters who swap puns. Seeks new members.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/puns-of-the-day/
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
Confessions Of A Humorist
Commentary on punning and humor by O Henry.
http://www.online-literature.com/o_henry/1009/
Lowest Form of Wit
Commentary on puns involving Freud, Jesus and playwrights, plus links.
http://puzzles.about.com/library/weekly/aa000609.htm
Palindromes
Commentary on palindromes plus a 306-word palindrome.
http://www.growndodo.com/wordplay/palindromes/index.html
Palindromes (Part One)
Historical essay about word palindromes from ancient Greece to modern times.
http://puzzles.about.com/library/weekly/aa000131.htm
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
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/S/SH/SHERIDAN.htm
Pun-Smoke
Maria Nutick's commentary on puns, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Richard Lederer.
http://www.greenmanreview.com/film/film_punsmoke.html
Punishment
An essay ridiculing puns, followed by some of the author's puns of his own.
http://www.ssqq.com/ssqq/jokespuns.htm
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