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Seems Fowler may be missing the point. Many derisive comments are in fact statements of relative approbation. As in: "that pun was not just bad (good), it was a
by lovemenot 9y ago
Seems Fowler may be missing the point. Many derisive comments are in fact statements of relative approbation. As in: "that pun was not just bad (good), it was awful (great)"
For every foul pun, there is another still Fowler.
- nostromo95 9y agoYeah, I agree in part. But many do call all puns bad (bad). The emergence of bad (good) probably followed this. I also think that the bad-awful spectrum is missing a category: the sublime/artful pun. See Shakespeare: >Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this Son of York >Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.