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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.
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.
Commentary on Puns - James Merrill's overview on punning.
Confessions Of A Humorist - Commentary on punning and humor by O Henry.
Examples of Tropes in Puns - Technical analysis of paranomasia, onomatopoeia, antanaclasis and syllepsis.
Language Organizations - List of organizations for the hardcore punster, wordplayer and verbivore.
Lowest Form of Wit - Commentary on puns involving Freud, Jesus and playwrights, plus links.
Palindromes - Commentary on palindromes plus a 306-word palindrome.
Palindromes (Part One) - Historical essay about word palindromes from ancient Greece to modern times.
Pun-Smoke - Maria Nutick's commentary on puns, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Richard Lederer.
Punch Puns - Historical commentary on this famous British magazine's punning in 1841-2. Contains punnish lithographs as examples.
Punishment - An essay ridiculing puns, followed by some of the author's puns of his own.
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.
Richard Lederer's Verbivore - Covers wordplay and puns plus his works, analyses of language and links. Invites email on the subjects.
The Atrium - A technical, literary-oriented string of letters from viewers commenting on puns in classical Latin works.
The Pun FAQtory - Covers the history and styling of punning. The unofficial FAQ for the UseNet newsgroup alt.humor.puns.
Words and Stuff - An occasional column commenting on words and wordplay.
Yahoo! Groups: Puns-of-the-Day - An ever-growing group of punsters who swap puns. Seeks new members.
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