pun
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 9:20 pm
I have found this examples in internet:
The following example comes from the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Captain Aubrey: "Do you see those two weevils, Doctor?...Which would you choose?"
Dr. Maturin: "Neither. There's not a scrap of difference between them. They're the same species of Curculio."
Captain Aubrey: "If you had to choose. If you were forced to make a choice. If there were no other option."
Dr. Maturin: "Well, then, if you're going to push me. I would choose the right-hand weevil. It has significant advantage in both length and breadth."
Captain Aubrey: "There, I have you!...Do you not know that in the Service, one must always choose the lesser of two weevils?"
The last line uses a pun on the stock phrase "the lesser of two evils".
Acronyms and codes
K-9, a designation for military dogs or police dogs
(A play on "canine", patterned after other military codes such as G-2.)
Lexicon and names
"Funny bone" is the popular name for a sensitive exposed nerve located where the humerus joins the ulna at the elbow.
(Apparently, the name is due to an intentional or accidental confusion between "humerus" and "humorous".[8]
The Viceroy butterfly closely resembles the Monarch butterfly
(A semantic play on the fact that a viceroy "wears the colors" of his monarch.)
The following example comes from the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Captain Aubrey: "Do you see those two weevils, Doctor?...Which would you choose?"
Dr. Maturin: "Neither. There's not a scrap of difference between them. They're the same species of Curculio."
Captain Aubrey: "If you had to choose. If you were forced to make a choice. If there were no other option."
Dr. Maturin: "Well, then, if you're going to push me. I would choose the right-hand weevil. It has significant advantage in both length and breadth."
Captain Aubrey: "There, I have you!...Do you not know that in the Service, one must always choose the lesser of two weevils?"
The last line uses a pun on the stock phrase "the lesser of two evils".
Acronyms and codes
K-9, a designation for military dogs or police dogs
(A play on "canine", patterned after other military codes such as G-2.)
Lexicon and names
"Funny bone" is the popular name for a sensitive exposed nerve located where the humerus joins the ulna at the elbow.
(Apparently, the name is due to an intentional or accidental confusion between "humerus" and "humorous".[8]
The Viceroy butterfly closely resembles the Monarch butterfly
(A semantic play on the fact that a viceroy "wears the colors" of his monarch.)