5/13/2023 0 Comments The pun also rises by john pollackA funny, erudite, and provocative exploration of puns, the people who make them, and this derided wordplay's remarkable impact on human history. Skillfully weaving together stories and evidence from history, brain science, pop culture, literature, anthropology, and humor, The Pun Also Rises is an authoritative yet playful exploration of a practice that is common, in one form or another, to virtually every language on earth. In The Pun Also Rises, John Pollack - a former World Pun Champion and presidential speechwriter for Bill Clinton - explains why such wordplay is significant: It both revolutionized language and played a pivotal role in making the modern world possible. A super-calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis. The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics. In The Pun Also Rises, John Pollack-a former World Pun Champion and presidential speechwriter for Bill Clinton-explains why such wordplay is significant: It both revolutionized language and played a pivotal role in making the modern world possible. But such attitudes are relatively recent developments. The pun is commonly dismissed as the lowest form of wit, and punsters are often unpopular for their obsessive wordplay.
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