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[NABOKOV-L] Wikiing on Puns: Johnson and Boswell
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PS: Wikipedia: "By definition, puns must be deliberate; an involuntary substitution of similar words is called a malapropism.
Samuel Johnson disparagingly referred to punning as "the lowest form of humour".Punning has been used by writers such as Alexander Pope, James Joyce, Vladimir Nabokov, William Shakespeare (who is estimated to have used over 3,000 puns in his plays), John Donne, and Lewis Carroll.
"A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation." James Boswell "
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Samuel Johnson disparagingly referred to punning as "the lowest form of humour".Punning has been used by writers such as Alexander Pope, James Joyce, Vladimir Nabokov, William Shakespeare (who is estimated to have used over 3,000 puns in his plays), John Donne, and Lewis Carroll.
"A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation." James Boswell "
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