Double puntendre
Double puntendre
(OP)
A colleague noted that I may have invented a new literary form today. The "double puntendra" a combination of the pun and the double-entendre.
I was writing regarding a list of self-tests proposed for a microprocessor controlled power-electronics device. I made the comment that the number of test items appeared "shockingly short".
I must confess that I did not do this at a conscious level.
What do you think? I am destined to be remembered along with the likes of Shakespeare, Shaw, Hemingway and Dickens?
I was writing regarding a list of self-tests proposed for a microprocessor controlled power-electronics device. I made the comment that the number of test items appeared "shockingly short".
I must confess that I did not do this at a conscious level.
What do you think? I am destined to be remembered along with the likes of Shakespeare, Shaw, Hemingway and Dickens?





RE: Double puntendre
Better take out more insurance.
jimbo
Buy a dictionary, keep it nearby and USE it. Webster's New World Dictionary of American English is recommended, and Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
RE: Double puntendre
RE: Double puntendre
I won't tell you what word my mind was trying to make of this, but it made me do a double take!
RE: Double puntendre
I have an oil painting and a violin. One is a Monet and the other is a Stradivarius.
Unfortunately Stradivarius was a terrible painter!
Good Luck
johnwm
RE: Double puntendre
All the BEST puns are double-entendres.
The best puns are also unconcious.
My usual thought is "Did I (really) say that?"
[Now I'm self-concious about proper formation of plurals.]
jlg