Since this is about the only forum I'm on that has people who speak languages other than English, I figured I would ask here.
Do languages other than English use puns, or other plays upon words?
Pun example:
"Shubert had a horse named Sarah;
He rode her to the big parade.
And all the time the band was playing,
Shubert's Sarah neighed."
Puns do not need to be poetic, as this one is. The pun comes from the similarity in sound in English between "Shubert's Sarah neighed," and the classical piece, "Schubert's Serenade." One interpretation is that the horse neighed as long as the band was playing; the other is that the band played "Schubert's Serenade" repeatedly.
Jest asking!
--Rich
Do languages other than English use puns, or other plays upon words?
Pun example:
"Shubert had a horse named Sarah;
He rode her to the big parade.
And all the time the band was playing,
Shubert's Sarah neighed."
Puns do not need to be poetic, as this one is. The pun comes from the similarity in sound in English between "Shubert's Sarah neighed," and the classical piece, "Schubert's Serenade." One interpretation is that the horse neighed as long as the band was playing; the other is that the band played "Schubert's Serenade" repeatedly.
Jest asking!
--Rich