{"product_id":"9781907795022","title":"The Little Book of Puns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn today's busy world, where text-speak seems to be the prevalent form of written English, and the average teenager can barely form a proper sentence without using the numbers '4' or '8' as substitutes for letters, is the pun becoming an endangered species?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a society we have come to regard wordplay as old-fashioned, obvious humour, because it hinges simply on one word having multiple definitions, spellings or sound-alikes. It may not be controversial, edgy or even topical, but it actually takes a great deal of skill, wit and general knowledge to come up with a decent pun - not everyone can do it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'The Little Book of Puns' explores the dying art of paronomasia and gives us a taste of the very best wordplay history has to offer. It harks back to the heady days when intelligence was measured at dinner parties rather than from behind a school desk, when people still wrote letters instead of emails and actually read newspapers instead of checking out a website. This book way as well exist in ant-gravity, because you'll find it impossible to put down.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNB: The cover carries the strap line 'Ingenious Wordplay and Groan-inducing Quips' but that does not appear on the title page, which is as recorded here at the title.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alison Westwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52334247051424,"sku":"9781907795022","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/21392850.jpg?v=1742311608","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9781907795022","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}