| 单词 | punning |
| 例句 | There were heraldic devices worked or stamped on the sides—enormous Mack eagles with two heads perhaps, or wyverns, or lances, or oak trees, or punning signs which referred to the names of the owners. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The punning title of Ill Manors refers to the sink estates, shabby public buildings and dangerous streets of the impoverished, racially mixed area of Forest Gate, and to the aggressive mores of its residents. Ill Manors – review 2012-06-09T23:08:05Z Ceramics deserve more orderly and respectful attention than this jam-packed show and its punning title provide. Art in Review: ?PAUL CLAY? 2011-06-30T21:22:45Z The result was such a hybrid that Krims invented a punning compound word to classify his Polaroids, which he called "Fictcryptokrimsographs". Elegy for the Polaroid 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z Wilson found Nabokov’s proclivity for punning intolerable and told him so repeatedly. Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson: The end of a beautiful friendship 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Has the punning prima donna got his comeuppance? Book reviews roundup 2011-01-22T00:06:24Z Back in the days when I subbed on The Sun - admittedly, almost 40 years ago - punning headlines were valued, but rare. Memo to the editor of the Currant Bun: give the puns a rest 2010-10-04T08:10:00Z The sculpture is a punning extension of his work on a magazine called Toilet Paper and also a wry tip of his hat to Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain” urinal. Flush of Excitement Delayed at the Guggenheim 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Don’t know what song some entry is punning on? Style Invitational: Make your own headline typo 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z But in the hands of a skilled practitioner of the punning craft – such as Milton Jones, deadpan Canadian Stewart Francis or the evergreen Tim Vine – it yields spectacularly funny results. This week's new live comedy 2013-04-06T05:00:17Z Every show is packed to the gunnels with beautifully crafted, immaculately delivered punning one-liners. This week's new live comedy 2013-01-19T06:00:02Z Huff's work has both a punning and political edge. Boxers, weathered heads, politics ? all in ceramics at IMA Gallery 2012-03-22T20:12:04Z Listening to Sibyl practicing monologues, Townes telling shaggy-dog anecdotes or Blaze punning and pontificating is like watching prospectors panning gold. Review: Ethan Hawke’s ‘Blaze’ Revisits a Country-Music Legend 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z These layers further complicate the reading of the images while visually punning on painting. A ‘Nasty Woman’ of Contemporary Art Fearlessly Renders the Body 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Her stylistic techniques — playful, polyglot, punning, postmodern and slyly self-referential — are more typically associated with writers of the French Nouveau Roman school. Christine Brooke-Rose, Experimental Writer, Dies at 89 2012-04-10T05:10:22Z Nauman's punning title circles back to the conceptual play with words and sight gags that began with Duchamp and Magritte. From Death to Death and Other Small Tales: Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the D Daskalopoulos Collection – review 2012-12-23T00:06:37Z Tollbooth was not expected to be a hit: "Everyone said this is not a children's book, the vocabulary is much too difficult, the wordplay and the punning they will never understand," Juster later remarked. Summer Voyages: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster 2013-07-17T09:16:27Z His current poster is a masterpiece of anti-selling, from the terrible punning show title and accompanying Photoshop-Nightmare image to the carefully chosen negative quote from the Sun, comparing Lee to bubonic plague. Paste masters: the art of the Edinburgh fringe poster 2010-08-26T15:27:00Z One was Uncle Charlie’s Uptown, the other had a punning name I didn’t understand at the time: Camp David. ‘My First Gay Bar’: Rachel Maddow, Andy Cohen and Others Share Their Coming-Out Stories 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Here, his punning sense of humor emerges yet again: He depicts Chinese and Aboriginal delegates engaged in “cordial” relations — by drinking cordial together. Two Artists, Continents Apart, and a Shared Language of Struggle 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Eschewing his usual pop culture punning — McDonald’s, paper dolls, TV game shows — his riff was on Picasso: the artist’s muses, his most famous paintings, his passion for bullfighting. ‘Is It Theater or Is It Real?’ 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z In what turns out to be their final meeting, the detective duo drink beer beside the Cherwell at sunset, and Morse recites the AE Houseman poem that gives The Remorseful Day its characteristically punning title. From ER to The Sopranos: what were the most shocking TV deaths? 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z To that end, the Lonely Island’s songs aren’t punning parodies, but keen dissections of a genre’s cliches. This Ain?t Weird Al 2011-02-20T05:00:19Z Nim, whose name was a punning tribute to linguist Noam Chomsky, was raised in the same way as a human child and encouraged to use sign language to communicate. Sundance 2011: fewer stars, more ideas 2011-01-30T00:06:59Z The title of "Broadway Limited" suggests a connection between places, as well as, punning on the second word, the boundaries of that connection. "Boardwalk Empire": Everyone is currency 2010-10-04T06:01:00Z Worse, the compulsive punning and jokiness distract from the book’s more ambitious possibilities — and its most interesting tension. An Account of Surviving Assault Mixes Horror and Humor 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z A former architect and university professor, Gerry drinks too much and is given to making punning quips as a means of remaining emotionally disengaged from his life. Exploring the mystery of a long, challenged marriage 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z If only he would stop simply punning and start pushing himself. The Thinking Woman’s Runway 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z In recent years, Kupferberg's health faltered and his activity with the band declined, yet he continued to experiment with words, posting his punning aphorisms – he dubbed them "perverbs" – online. Tuli Kupferberg obituary 2010-07-26T17:38:00Z In “Waters Rising” — a marvelous punning title — Sheila Waters relates this critical period in her husband’s life from several perspectives. ‘Waters Rising’: A tale of the man who helped saved Florence’s cultural treasures 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Both attended what law school students called “bar review,” a punning excuse for socializing that takes place at a local watering hole. After a Few First ‘Dates’ the Relationship Turned Serious 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z How does she know when something is art or just a punning stunt? Cornelia Parker: A history of violence 2010-05-25T20:31:00Z There's a recurring vein of punning humor in the show. Seattle Erotic Art Festival marks its 10th anniversary 2012-06-21T20:30:06Z As a frayed but still formidable death portent, Mary Ewald displays dazzling control over torrents of fractured, punning wordplay. 'The Skriker': where boundaries between us and the otherworldly are stretched 2012-10-26T18:34:21Z The punning, exuberant text results in a genuinely German version, a “Hamilton” eminently, entirely at home in the language. Review: ‘Hamilton’ in German? It’s a Thrill. 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z In certain cases, the punning EPG-friendly title alone was probably the pitch. Is time up for scripted reality shows? 2012-02-08T15:20:11Z The author proceeds meanderingly, via assertion, association and obsessive punning, which sometimes leads him to skate over possibly important points. Steve Poole's non-fiction choice 2010-05-07T23:14:00Z Exhibit A is the punning physical form of the animated SpongeBob himself, which is that of a familiar household object, not a specimen of aquatic zoology. Review: ‘SpongeBob SquarePants,’ a Watery Wonderland on Broadway 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z I don't put in as much punning and wordplay as I used to. A life in writing: Jonathan Coe 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z In both its punning name and its serious musical intent, the Town Hall event typifies the original boom of Latin-Jewish music in the postwar decades as well as its fervent revival in the 21st century. On Religion: Decades Later, the Clave Beat Goes on for Latin Jazz and Jewish Musicians 2014-03-22T02:01:29Z Cronenberg's twisted Hollywood nightmare takes its punning title both from new age astrology and from the tourist maps handed out in Beverly Hills from the early days, pinpointing the homes of the most adored actors. Why no future Hollywood star could ever match Lauren Bacall's allure 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z Johns’s entire body of work, to go by this elephantine show of more than 500 works, is akin to a trove of Nabokovian love letters — obscure and thwarted, but also punning, mordant, full of life. Review | Seeing Jasper Johns: A seminal artist’s career is celebrated and illuminated in two cities 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Set during a distant Dark Age long after our current civilization has given itself to the fire, the entire narrative is rendered in a hyper-phonetic, punning version of devolved English. Classic dystopian novels forecast a bleak future — soon 2014-03-28T20:10:55Z "Mostly, 'Addams' Just Festers," said the New York Daily News, punning on the name of Uncle Fester, one of the family's oddball members. "The Addams Family" musical disappoints on Broadway 2010-04-09T17:07:00Z The latest novel by acclaimed American writer Colson Whitehead , recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant and author of The Intuitionist, is called Zone One – and its telling, punning subtitle is "a zombie novel with brains". Zombie invasion 2012-08-13T16:21:23Z The textiles showed tools and products like printing presses, ships and boots, and were inscribed with punning slogans. Antiques: Jimi Hendrix?s Death Is Recalled at Museums 2010-08-19T21:44:00Z The 400-meter dash is won by running madly, a Loser magnet by punning badly. Style Invitational: Heed! Indeed! 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z The book is full of Appleby’s unique brand of punning fun. Steven Appleby: ‘Cross-dressing in secret felt dishonest and stifling' 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z But even setting the prejudice to one side, Falafel’s joke is a pretty tired bit of punning. Boris Johnson will have us laughing all the way to the food bank | Will Self 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z The Sun, punning on the birth happening early on Monday morning, provides the headline "Sonrise at Windsor". In a hurry? Here's what you need to know in five minutes 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Metro's punning headline is "Jezz the two of us", while the Sun's front page has a mock-up of the PM as a light bulb, asking her: "Is that your bright idea?" In a hurry? Here's what you need to know in five minutes 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z There’s some tart implicit punning at work here—the sugar daddy looking up, awed, at so much sugar. The Bel Air Battleground of “Daddy” 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z The matchbooks on display at the library, nostalgic artifacts adorned with images of muscled Adonises and punning slogans, were everyday objects — used and discarded — at the time they were made. A history of L.A.’s gay bar scene, told in matchbooks 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Amid the celebrations of this miracle birth, the nonagenarian mother offers her own punning commentary on the child’s name. After More Than Two Decades of Work, a New Hebrew Bible to Rival the King James 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Richardson uses words impishly, rhyming, punning and twisting idioms at a prodigious rate. Letter of Recommendation: ‘The Totally Football Show With James Richardson’ 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z He cited a 1980s “outing” campaign against closeted gays at Dartmouth and her suggestion, punning off her book title, that basketball stars like LeBron James should “shut up and dribble.” David Hogg says Laura Ingraham a ‘bully’ amid advertiser boycott 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z There are gestures toward an expanded practice: a pair of new but unremarkable sculptures, an onsite printing press producing copies of his newspaper with the punning headline “Manifest Density”. Shepard Fairey: 'I’m not going to be intimidated by identity politics' 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Does the Sun stretch the laws of punning a little far with the headline "DoctHer Who"? News Daily: Brexit talks and HS2 decision - BBC News 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Sessions will include toxic punning, noxious publicity, and delusions of hardcourt grandeur. Letters: How does that L.A. basketball scene look now? 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z The answer to this question became the performance’s punning title. The Magician Who Wants to Break Magic 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Despite liking the concept, one Facebook user says the punning name is "utterly inappropriate". Russians mock 'Uber-like' funeral app - BBC News 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z A woman in a clown costume walked silently up and down the aisles with a series of punning placards deriding Spencer. White nationalist Richard Spencer fuels protest on Texas campus 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Hanawalt and her staff also provided many of the show’s punning touches. The World According to ‘BoJack Horseman’ 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Many protesters offered signs punning the EU as "you." EU supporters parade through London in 'March for Europe' 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z SZ: This is going to be a very punning session, isn't it? Feminism, Spielberg and a German showstopper: Times staffers make sense of Cannes 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z No irony, surprise, insight into the human condition or even cleverness to the punning. Hey, New York Post, your misogyny is showing! Right-wing rag’s sexist Hillary headline exposes their fear of female power 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Then again, if punning is a condition, not a choice, maybe we can get special accommodations. Yes, I love puns. Stop saying it’s a disease. 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Not surprisingly the error has caused some amusement and awful punning on social media. Leaflets pulled due to boob over Bobby - BBC News 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z There's always a punning reference to the US president's aircraft. The British attitude towards a prime ministerial jet - BBC News 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Rugnetta talks fast, while at his shoulder a stream of superimposed images, lifted from TV and cartoons and the deep well of the Web, provide a kind of punning, elucidating, rapid-fire running commentary. On Mike Rugnetta's Idea Channel, worlds collide and comments count 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z The Washington Post thinks that while this hat-tip is a bit corny, there’s room for some good old fashioned American punning and humor. Make Your Own Donald Trump-Inspired Hat 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z ZPM’s 56 regular updates included pictures and videos, all of them punning and intimate. ZPM Espresso and the Rage of the Jilted Crowdfunder 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z A suggestion that North Korea is keen on opening a restaurant in Scotland gives sub-editors plenty of punning opportunities. 'United against terror' - front pages 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z Punished for it I may be, but I must declare punning with impunity to be a basic human right. Crime and pun-ishment 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z This article goes out of its way to justify its obvious and long over-worked punning title. Colts Blessed by All Kinds of Fortune 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Unintentionally punning, Huggins said, “I tried to convey that to him in my phone conversation, and I don’t think it sank in.” Kayaker presumed missing in Potomac was safe at home in Reston Chinese is filled with homonyms, making punning a popular pastime. The Female Factor: Rejecting the 'Leftover Women' Label 2013-04-23T13:02:19Z If I can get a comment out of her, it's usually just a silly joke, because I live with a punning moron. On the road: Honda CR-V i-Dtec Ex 4WD Manual 2013-04-06T08:00:04Z In the English-speaking world, punning is viewed as more of a tic than a trick, a pathological condition whose sufferers are classed as "compulsive", "inveterate" and "unable to help themselves". The pun conundrum 2013-01-16T00:55:26Z The topless women of page three used to be accompanied by groanworthy punning. 12 things in 212 words that every 2012 visitor should know 2012-07-27T00:46:38Z Over 30 years of people thinking they are punning originally is incredibly tiresome. Readers most ridiculed names 2012-07-10T11:25:06Z From several punning epitaphs on the name of Rose we give one more specimen. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z Its inscription, "Time waits for No Man," is an old punning device on the word gnomon. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z The Roman orators Cicero and Quintilian believed that "paronomasia", the Greek term for punning, was a sign of intellectual suppleness and rhetorical skill. The pun conundrum 2013-01-16T00:55:26Z By far the greater number, however, exhibit punning for its own sake; for example— Bellasise. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z His helmet is secured by a chain to his girdle, an unusual precaution, and his large concave shield is charged with his punning arms, two golden trumpets. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z In Holy Trinity Church, Hull, is an example of a punning epitaph. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z “So,” murmured Ruth; “if the boat had been tied, the tide wouldn’t have carried it away,” and she had no intention of punning, either! The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z But regardless of its rationale, punning is clearly more than a mere linguistic fillip. The pun conundrum 2013-01-16T00:55:26Z Previously to this event the family arms had been the punning device of ‘Sable, on a bend voided argent, three walnut leaves or,’ and the crest, ‘A walnut tree fructed proper.’ The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z Indeed, the punning references to circumstances concerning their birth are similar in their character to those of the patriarchs before the Flood. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z I'm a sensitive man, and if there's anything on earth I hate it's cheap and easy joking and punning on a name or a personal peculiarity which lays itself open obviously to stupid buffoonery. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z And either I knew the name that I was punning on, or else I did not know it. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Many emendations consist largely in a kind of scholarly punning. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z Much wit, and, occasionally, much absurdity are found in punning mottoes. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z Inasmuch as he expressed the beauty of crookedness, as though he found the secret of artistic success in punning on his own name, he offers a model worthy of practical study. George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z The offenses that are sconcible may be summarized as punning, swearing, talking shop, and coming to hall after high table is in session. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z Some others, on accordions, cunning In music, Home, Sweet Home, play, punning. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 62, January 1, 1872 2011-10-18T02:00:20.750Z “Scale and balance is punning, you see!” roared the chorus. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z Thus by a sort of punning process the “gentleman” becomes a “gentle-man.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z It ranged from punning, trifling, smutty jests and horse laughter to the sly, graceful merriment of Addison and the bitter realism of Swift. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Was this playful punning or a half-serious attempt to correct a misstatement? Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z In the Apophthegms of the Marquis of Worcester is related a punning jeu d’esprit upon the word Troy, between the old Marquis and his royal guest Charles the First. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z He was possessed with the demon of punning, which never left him an instant’s peace. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z The punning resemblance suggested to the old woman the full name, Fin MacCumhail. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z When some one said to Erskine that punning was the lowest kind of wit, he replied that the statement was true, because punning was the foundation of all wit. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z It is not the heavy punning variety so mysteriously popular with the Englishman, nor the double entendre of the Frenchman. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z The punning correspondence with the viceroy was the forerunner of a habit that lasted through Swift's life, and gained him a reputation for wit which, fortunately for the dean, was supplemented by something more recondite. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z But punning is no more to be avoided than any other kind of wit; and if all wit is to be banished from the social circle, it will be left a stupid affair indeed. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z An artificial system took the place of natural growth, and the punning etymologies which accompanied it were but an illustration of the principles that underlay its methods. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z The Night we went to Novello’s there was a complete set to of Mozart and punning. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z "No punning now, if you please; we are on land," said the Professor. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Steel portrait by W. Holl after Lewis, and many hundred punning woodcut illustrations. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:34.387Z All the English books on etiquette tell you that "punning is scrupulously to be avoided as a species of ale-house wit," and a savage remark of Dr. Johnson is usually quoted on the subject. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z His mark, in the lower left-hand corner of the tapestry, is a punning device, a roast of meat upon a spit. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z I often sat under their memorials in the little church, and admired their arms, three golden pears, and their crest, a parrot; altogether a pretty example of heraldia cantans, or punning heraldry. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z Now, here you are punning with the most unbecoming levity on a nude noddle. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Twenty years before Erasmus had written about it, punning on the name, Encomium Moriae, using the Greek word Moria for folly. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z This shows that the tale is originally French, or, at least, the witch’s part of it; for this punning mistake could not be made in Basque. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z And I kept on punning too, even trying to use it as a way to impress girls. Puns upon a time 2010-12-24T12:26:45Z Milbank combined your dad's love of pointless punning with the sort of sniping at your lessers that many a privileged Ivy Leaguer mistakes for wicked wit. No. 24: Dana Milbank 2010-11-22T18:01:00Z “Jeopardy!” with its witty, punning questions, seemed beyond their capabilities. | Smarter Than You Think: I.B.M.'s Supercomputer to Challenge 'Jeopardy!' Champions 2010-06-17T05:11:00Z It helps that she is young and photogenic, with a name that lends itself to delighted tabloid punning. Courting the U.K. Women?s Vote, On-Line and Unrelenting 2010-04-08T20:07:00Z It was no vulgar punning spirit that designated the very name of Helen as a cursing omen. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 Anna is getting to be a regular punster, although I told her that Blair’s Rhetoric says that punning is not the highest kind of wit. Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl The first three words, “Paradisi in Sole,” are a punning translation into Latin of his own surname. The Old English Herbals Florence frowned at this atrocious punning, and he added, meekly: "May I have permission to admire your gown?" With Edge Tools Even the punning joke to which Jack Rogers had taken exception and which related the matrimonial adventures of Mr. Cobb and a fictitious Miss Webb went well. The Crimson Sweater Mr. Fairbanks glanced at Jones with unconcealed irritation: "Dr. Hammond, sir, says that punning is a form of paresis." A Transient Guest and Other Episodes Pope, Hood, Lamb, and Holmes are the names of some whose punning arraignments of puns and punsters make them at once judges and prisoners at the bar. The Handbook of Conundrums The fox's tail was a punning allusion to Renard, who took a most active and venomous part in the paper war that opened the revolution. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 "Ah, it is you, Tue-Roi!" cried George, punning upon his name, for he had been one of the regicides. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Some specimens of Keats’s funning or punning seem to me a humiliating exhibition, as, for instance, a letter, January 1819, which Armitage Brown addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Dilke, with interpolations by Keats. Life of John Keats With Miller, as Hook said in his clever, punning way, all argument in favour of it proved Newgate-ory. Old and New London Volume I It was cheaper in price than the former publication, and contained an amazing number of amusing cuts of the punning order, after Seymour’s designs. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. This likeness has caused scholars to suspect that Kyd wrote the early Hamlet; and their suspicions are strengthened by an ambiguous and apparently punning allusion to �sop's Kidde in the passage by Nash mentioned above. An Introduction to Shakespeare The communication on punning, in the first; and that of judging character by exteriors, in the last; are both attributed to Henley.—Ed. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors It would seem that punning was as great a power in the Law Courts of that time as it is at the present day. Law and Laughter But, punning aside:––Sing and his kind think that when there’s no light, safety lies in having black cats around. The Spoilers of the Valley Archibald, who had a weakness for punning, was in one of his gayest moods, and was not above being occasionally appreciated by the waiter. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real In the main, this is nothing but a little punning or playing with words, but it is one of those agreeable trifles that may now and then be worth our thinking on. Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness The French soldiers, on the other hand, always inclined to raillery and punning, baptized the action of the preceding day, calling it the battle of Montre ton dos. Pius IX. And His Time Lord Erskine's addiction to punning is well known, and many examples might be cited. Law and Laughter Young ladies, especially, should beware of establishing any reputation for punning. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society For these reasons we have admitted few punning epigrams into this anthology, and those only as examples of a faulty kind. An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams The best punning poem from a woman's pen was written by Miss Caroline B. Le Row, of Brooklyn, N.Y., a teacher of elocution, and the writer of many charming stories and verses. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition The strangest memorial is the punning epitaph on the steward to Sir Nicholas Carew. Highways and Byways in Surrey Thus Miss Black was not only drawn out, she was also drawn into the conversation and became the center of an extended general discussion on the very impersonal and interesting subject of punning. Conversation What to Say and How to Say it He was fond," says the doctor, "of saying smart and witty things, and never allowed an opportunity of punning to escape him.... My Recollections of Lord Byron “But, will ’e?” asked the roguish Helen, punning on the boatman’s name. Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands The number of “punning” devices is very large, and nearly every one has a character peculiarly its own. Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography No doubt, something of Shakespeare's punning must be attributed to his age, in which direct and formal combats of wit were a favourite pastime of the courtly and accomplished. Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher As the talk on punning diverged, the conversation gradually fell back into private chats between dinner-companions. Conversation What to Say and How to Say it There were mobs, riots, bonfires in the streets, and disturbances which culminated—in a rough spirit of punning upon the name of the minister—in the solemn burning of a jack-boot. History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 On the carved mantelpiece is the date, 1629, and the owls which constitute the punning, or allusive, arms of Bishop Oldham. Exeter Printing was established at Caen in 1480; but Pierre Chandelier, whose punning Mark we give, did not start work until eighty years after its first introduction. Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography Full of fun he was when with his friends, punning, quibbling and joking in quaint and original ways that made him welcome wherever he went. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Upon a coin of Trio Lucretius, a member of the Lucretia gens, who would have remained unknown to this day but for his coin, a case of punning by means of types occurs. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy They all had delightful evenings together at Yule, with charades and punning contests, and music on the piano which Lincoln Lang had brought out through the gumbo against all the protests of nature. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Playful or punning etymology also appears very early. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Full text center section A few punning devices occur among the early English printers, but they are not always clever or pictorially successful. Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography He began by making batches of the "blackies" aforesaid, designing them and their clever punning titles with the greatest freedom, unhampered by editorial interference. The History of "Punch" Though I love fun, eternal jesting, buffoonery, punning absolutely kills me. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 “I see,” said I, punning horribly, “‘in him lies.’” Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic We have rarely met with more outrageous specimens of punning run mad, than are to be found in its pages. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Although not in any sense of a “punning” nature, the employment of a printing press as a Mark may conveniently be here referred to. Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography In the opening words, ‘Whoever hath her wish,’ the poet prepares the reader for the punning encounter by a slight variation on the current catch-phrase ‘A woman will have her will.’ A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Beneath each engraving is a rhyming and punning quatrain. The Book-Hunter at Home You will recollect honest George's punning inscription round his juvenile portrait: "I grow and Wither both together." Notes and Queries, Number 54, November 9, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. "If you keep up this reckless punning you'll receive a check some day." Frank Merriwell's Races I am not punning, madam; I am much too serious to pun; I should have used the word savage instead of barbarous. The Iron Horse On this whole scene Landor remarks that "the first overt crime of the refractory angels was punning"; and adds, with true Miltonic conciseness, "they fell rapidly after that." Milton The poetical whim of Cretin, a French poet, brought into fashion punning or equivocal rhymes. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The latter sense is more probable, with a punning allusion to the use of the word in chess, at which Guise seems to be engaged with the King. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois Some censure this conversation of St. Gregory as a piece of low punning. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March The following may be given as an example of a punning epitaph. Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. A gentleman one day observed to Henry Erskine, that punning was the lowest of wit. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Although their words were not English, "Hayseed!" was what they meant by the punning French phrase. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers It was bad enough when the guying came from a boy, but when a girl took to punning, jeering, or giggling at him it seemed as if his burden was greater than he could bear. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Here we have a last example of punning on a technical term of music. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries Nor was the use of these punning emblems confined to masters of the fine arts. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852 If the use of merely similar words in sentences were to be so viewed, we should be constantly guilty of punning. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 After defending the human instinct of punning he remarked that "many moderns suffer from the disease of the suppressed pun." Gilbert Keith Chesterton "Let us sup-pose," said Marcel, who had an itch of punning, above all in the morning, when he was terrible. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter For jokes, as Whately observes, are often fallacies; and considered as a propædeutic to the art of sophistry, punning deserves the ignominy that has overtaken it. Logic Deductive and Inductive This eminent painter did not think a pun beneath the dignity of his art, and, accordingly, the device by which he distinguishes his pictures consists of a punning symbol, representing his name. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852 Lamb considered them to be a kind of punning, but in one case the same position, in the other the same signification is given to words of the same sound. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 A likeness in the tone of words, in the vowel and consonant sounds, was afterwards observed, and became the foundation of punning. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour It strikes me that punning, consisting as it does essentially of overlooking sense and attending to sound, is just such a debased kind of intellectual activity as one might look for in sleep. Illusions A Psychological Study But punning, when it is unusually clever and spontaneous, may be thoroughly enjoyable, as in the following: Chief Justice Story attended a public dinner in Boston at which Edward Everett was present. Talks on Talking This may almost be described as punning in music. The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development Thee hears them as thee can't see punning agen the coal; and then there comes a downfall like a clap of thunder. Fern's Hollow If, therefore, the father of botany knew that his own word was originally Arabic, we cannot acquit him of the high crime and misdemeanour of deliberate punning. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science I am happy to say I am not given to punning during waking life, though I had a fit of it once. Illusions A Psychological Study I have been accused of having acquired a bad habit of punning from Shakespeare!—a delightful idea, that made me laugh till I cried the first time it was suggested to me. Records of a Girlhood The same writer incloses a punning distich: the name of our lord chief-justice was in his day very provocative of the pun, both in Latin and English; Cicero, indeed, had pre-occupied the miserable trifle. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 "Lieutenant Granbury is fined a peanut for punning," said Tom severely. The Rover Boys in Camp or, The Rivals of Pine Island Father says punning is the very lowest form of—" "Never mind, Patience," Pauline said, "we haven't answered Tom yet. The S. W. F. Club She must avoid frequent attempts at wit; avoid punning, which is the cheapest possible form of wit; and avoid sarcasm. Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls However that may be, I developed at this period a decided faculty for punning, and that is an unusual thing at that age. Records of a Girlhood According to phonetic law the latter word should have become litch in modern English; but it very early underwent a punning alteration which made it homophonous with the ancient word for physician. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin "Gentile but not gentle," said Chaldea punning, then checked herself lest she should say too much. Red Money One glance at his face was sufficient guarantee that he had lost all his punning facetiousness. Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success against Odds Has it other excuse for being besides punning and fooling? Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies "Yes, past the ceiling," said the lawyer, pretending to misunderstand him; "that's right, my son;"—and more wretched punning of the same sort. The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) He would have lost all the laborious compilation of his days and nights, all his punnings upon my name, all his sarcasms on my sacred office and profession.... The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 The pronunciation of the names Ishbel and Margaret only indicate a non-Highlander being implicated, but it seems possible that the latter name, for which there was no particular cause, may have been a punning appellation. Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men Pardon me, that the melancholy object still dwells upon me so far, as to reduce me to punning. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 “The following is a specimen of my punning before taking six lessons of Mr. T. Hood:— “Q. Why is a fresh-plucked carnation like a certain cold with which children are affected? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 17, 1841 I take it to be a punning reference to the Pali family from whom the chief sprang, but it may simply be a way of saying "I am a very high chief." The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Here we have a thick-coming series of punning metaphors, all merely suggested. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England This objectionable fashion of punning on gravestones was formerly much in vogue in England, and such a prominent official as the clerk did not escape the attention of the punsters. The Parish Clerk Lamb's punning jest at Wordsworth—that Wordsworth was saying he could have written Hamlet, if he had had the mind—puts the matter directly. The Jesus of History —Miscellaneous writer, of Irish parentage, wrote a number of works dealing with the lighter phases of manners, antiquities, and social history, often bearing punning titles, e.g., A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature "The man's greatest fault was his habit of punning," remarked the detective, watching the girl's form as he drew nearer. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work Even the title page contains a punning allusion to his adversary's work, rather too facetious for the subject of his own. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings A graver fault than this boyish love of punning is the undeniable vein of coarseness which here and there disfigures Sydney Smith's controversial method. Sydney Smith Dr. Sheridan, famous for punning, intending to sell a bargain, said, he had made a very good pun.—Swift, A Collection of College Words and Customs By the year 1550 he was leading the young men of France in a great literary renaissance—a reaction against the lifeless jingle of ballades and punning rhymes. Old and New Masters A punning caricature represented B. about to be thrust into the brazen bull of Phalaris, and exclaiming, "I had rather be roasted than Boyled." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 540, March 31, 1832 Vernon also seems peculiarly connected with England, from the noble family of the same name still flourishing, agreeably to their well-known punning motto, on your side of the water. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 Beaumont and Fletcher, in one of their plays, make a punning reference to that. Popular Law-making Still I venture to deny that even punning is incompatible with poetry, or that those who make the pun can have no deeper feeling in their bosoms which they are perhaps too shamefaced to utter. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice I do not reproduce them, the humour of punning upon the name of the editor of the Literary Gazette being a little outmoded. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays Of all the species of wit, punning was one which Dr. Parr disliked, and in which he seldom indulged; and yet some instances of it have been related. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 341, November 15, 1828 "Youth is the time for punning," said R——. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 387, August 28, 1829 ‘Domini canes,’ ‘The Lord’s hounds,’ a punning sobriquet of the Dominican inquisitors, in allusion to their profession. The Saint's Tragedy No inch of ground can maps unheard of show Untrac'd by him, unknown to every toe: As if intent this punning age to suit, The globe's circumf'rence meas'ring by the foot. The Sylphs of the Season with Other Poems Of his punning perversions, his legitimate dexterity with symbols, he is even vain; but when he has told and been detected in a lie, there is not a hair upon his body but confesses guilt. Memories and Portraits The punning reference to Marvel Comics's Human Torch is no longer widely recognized. The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 Sometimes, as here, this subtle sense of double meanings almost leads to punning. Robert Louis Stevenson "This is no punning matter," he said; and began his third exploration of himself for a match. Captivating Mary Carstairs But, on the other hand, Mauclerc has no story, and his Marcolf is a punning clown rather than a cunning sage. The Book of Delight and Other Papers "Peace is in my soul, if not my sole!" she thought, a slave still to the punning habit. Four Girls and a Compact In some circles, quux is used as a punning opposite of `crux'. The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 But some old sculptor, on a stone still preserved in the village, has made a punning derivation for it, by carving a mell, or mallet, and a rose over it. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 My sardonic chum, on the contrary,—an individual wholly abandoned to the ignoble vice of punning,—asserts that my conduct was simply "barbarous." Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places It has been conjectured that his skill in punning awakened Lamb's ambition in that direction. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 People in the Middle Ages loved punning and playing upon the sound of words. English Villages Minor characters are a facetious youth, who is constantly punning and joking; and the dignified figure of the High Priest of the Sun, who endeavors to dissuade the hero from his seemingly hopeless love. Aboriginal American Authors No doubt, something of Shakspeare's punning must be attributed to his age, in which direct and formal combats of wit were a favourite pastime of the courtly and accomplished. Literary Remains, Volume 2 In this piece we see the fondness for punning, which even in his eightieth year had not left him. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Lincoln, from behind the counter--his pulpit--not merely repeated items of information which he had heard, but also recited doggerel satire of his own concoction, punning and emitting sparks of wit. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form The conclusion is curious, as a punning allusion to the hereditary fame of Brutus as a puller-down of kings, which it must have required some courage to publish, when Augustus was omnipotent in Rome. Horace In his later comedies the names are admirably chosen: they are characteristic without eccentricity or punning. Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship Possibly on this occasion some one interested in Gray was to be there, or the allusion may be a punning one to Miss Gray. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 Improbability took the place of natural painting in them; punning supplied that of better wit; and personal portraiture was so freely used, that his most intimate friends—old Mathews, for instance—did not escape. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 Though as far back as Doctor Johnson, punning was regarded as obsolete, it was still prevalent in the United States and so up to a late date. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form My lord seems to have often a peculiar inclination to punning, but this was the characteristic vice of the times. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. Yes," she replies; "punning, like beer and other vices, is the peculiar prerogative of men, I suppose. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 37, December 10, 1870 —I think there is one habit,—I said to our company a day or two afterwards,—worse than that of punning. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 We allude to imitation, 'taking off,' and punning. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 Cary's account of a punning contest after Lamb's own heart makes the company vie with each in puns on the names of herbs. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia The night we went to Novello's there was a complete set-to of Mozart and punning. Adonais We are told that, punning on his own name, he used to say that he was an ox, fit only to bear burdens. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century He discarded the weird spellings and crude punning of his American forerunners; his object was not play upon words, but play upon ideas. Mark Twain The punning allusion to the press had tickled his fancy and fixed the significant truism in his memory. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore The expression, however, proves that punning ran in the family. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia "I believe he is to have uncommon cents, sometime," said Bessie, punning atrociously. The Old Stone House Mr. Gilbert a'Beckett, who had before been engaged in many unsuccessful periodicals, found in "Punch" ample scope for his wit and extraordinary faculty of punning. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe "For which I do not commend his marshalling" had been Milton's punning notice of it in a parenthesis of the punishment. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 Come, Mr. Gregory, punning is a very bad symptom. Opening a Chestnut Burr Richard Grant White claims credit for having given her the punning sobriquet "Beaux Yeux," by which she was widely known on account of her luminous and expressive eyes. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time The Groucho Marx influence is certainly evident in Stallman's lifelong fondness for punning. Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software The Prince Bishop's Jester, on punning intent, As he view'd the whole thirty, in jocular terms Said "They put him in mind of a Council of Trente Engaged in reviewing the Diet of Worms." The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe I at once looked on the figure of the animal as a kind of punning or hieroglyphical signature. Short Stories for English Courses So he partook of their slender meal, and joined in the general laughter when the leader, "Fattie Foy," made some crude attempt at punning. The Adventures of a Boy Reporter But I fear I punning sillily, instead of thanking you seriously, as I do, for allowing me to print your lovely verses. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Then again, punning and wordplay are common hacker traits. Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software Doth punning Peake not sit upon the points Of his own jokes, and shake in all his joints, During their trial? The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe The sense of the Comic is much blunted by habits of punning and of using humouristic phrase: the trick of employing Johnsonian polysyllables to treat of the infinitely little. Complete Short Works of George Meredith They did not spend their leisure in jesting, punning and guffawing, but in praying, studying, and working, for even their vacations were turned into days of toil. The Heart-Cry of Jesus I was punning scurvily with Sir Andrew Fountaine and Lord Pembroke this evening: do you ever pun now? The Journal to Stella But now, as a punning brother bard sings, - "Moorfields are fields no more." Rejected Addresses —I think there is one habit,—I said to our company a day or two afterwards—worse than that of punning. Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works He at one time took a very punning turn, and we laid a wager in books, my Mysteries of Udolpho against his German Theatre, that he could not make two hundred puns in one evening. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 The sailors, punning upon his new title, gave him the name of Lord Tarry-in-town. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 A nobleman of taste and learning, he was, like Swift, very fond of punning, and they had been great friends in Ireland. The Journal to Stella At the time when he wrote these words, he evidently undervalued his own serious power, and thought that in punning and broad-grinning lay his chief strength. Roundabout Papers "Do not think to huff us, sir," cried Jenner, punning on the President's name. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Such punning derivations of proper names were very much in favour in the Middle Ages. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems "One mile away from home is not so good as being in it," says a proverb with a punning turn which cannot be brought out in English. The Civilization of China Dilly Ashe has been in town this fortnight: I saw him twice; he was four days at Lord Pembroke's in the country, punning with him; his face is very well. The Journal to Stella "I have studied a buffoon this morning, I think," was the punning sneer with which M. de Lesdiguieres replied. Scaramouche "I had rather have called it Gallantry Bower still, though," said Will, punning on the double name of the noble precipice which forms the highest point of the deer park. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth With all his gaiety and wit, he wearies one at last with that clever, punning antithesis. Letters on Literature The word 'slide' is of a punning nature, and in conjunction with the easy moveability of the microscope-barrel suggests a meaning akin to that of dreams of skating and sliding, which are usually sexual. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 The sense of the Comic is much blunted by habits of punning and of using humouristic phrase: the trick of employing Johnsonian polysyllables to treat of the infinitely little. An Essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit Where words are not fitted with a single hard definition, rigidly observed, all repetition is a kind of delicate punning, bringing slight differences of application into clear relief. Style There are several examples of punning to record—not brilliant, even somewhat vulgar yet interesting as exhibiting varieties of mental action. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 |
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