Word Ways
Abstract
Scoffing at puns is a conditioned reflex, and through the centuries groan-ups have aimed a steady barrage of libel and slander at pun ladies and pun gents. Three hundred years ago, the playwright and critic John Dennis sneered, "A pun is the lowest form of wit." Many of you Verbatim readers know me as an incorrigible punster - please don't incorrige! - who agrees with the witty Henry Erskine that a pun is indeed the lowest form of wit because it is the foundation of all wit. For me and my many pun pals, punning is a rewording experience that, like a good steak, can be a rare medium well done.
Recommended Citation
Lederer, Richard
(2009)
"Punderful Etymologies,"
Word Ways: Vol. 42
:
Iss.
2
, Article 3.
Retrieved from:
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol42/iss2/3