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Recreation: Humor: Wordplay: Personalities_and_Commentaries:
- Art of Punning - A long paragraph about Thomas Sheridan (1687-1738) and his treatise on punning, plus mention of his correspondence with Jonathan Swift..
- The Atrium - A technical, literary-oriented string of letters from viewers commenting on puns in classical Latin works..
- 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..
- 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..
- The Pun FAQtory - Covers the history and styling of punning. The unofficial FAQ for the UseNet newsgroup alt.humor.puns..
- 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..
- Pun-Smoke - Maria Nutick's commentary on puns, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Richard Lederer..
- Richard Lederer's Verbivore - Covers wordplay and puns plus his works, analyses of language and links. Invites email on the subjects..
- 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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