Displaying 1 of 1 1988 Format: Book Author: Lederer, Richard, 1938- Title: Get thee to a punnery / by Richard Lederer ; illustrations by Bill Thompson. Publisher, Date: Charleston, S.C. : Wyrick & Co., ©1988. Description: viii, 149 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Summary: A collection of puns, including homographs, homophones, double sound puns, meld puns, and spoonerisms. Subjects: Puns and punning. Word games. Genre: Anecdotes. Puzzles and games. Contents: Game notes -- In praise of puns -- The word play's the thing -- The time of the signs -- Poetic licenses -- A primer of puns -- Homographs: the antics of semantics -- Homophones: what do you call a naked grizzly? -- Double sound puns: don't knock knock-knock jokes -- Punupmanship -- Have you ever seen a horse fly? -- Four cheers five inflationary language -- 'Let's play a game, ' said Tom Swiftly -- Never say die -- Firing and hiring -- A daffynitions fictionary -- Figuring out mathematical English -- Anguish languish -- Pig puns -- The language blender -- Silver spoonerisms -- A round of set-ups -- The answers. Web Site: Sample text LCCN: 88026097 ISBN: 0941711072 9780941711074 0941711080 9780941711081 Other Number: 18378647 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 24821 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 808.882 Lederer Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
