How puns use wordplay

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get

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started with the lesson so I think the

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most common form of wordplay is the pun

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and there is so much pun related content

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circulating around the internet now

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they're often referred to as dad jokes

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and I personally love them a pun uses

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the multiple meanings of a term or

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similar sounding words for an intended

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humorous effect and puns often rely on

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homophones homographs or homonyms

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what are homophones homographs and

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homonyms I hear you ask from your tiny

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little screen homophones are words that

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have the same pronunciation but

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different meanings origins or spellings

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they can cause confusion in spoken

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language because they sound identical so

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context is extremely important here are

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some examples we have per a set of two

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and per a type of fruit

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we have flour the ingredient for baking

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cakes and flour a blooming plant

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break to separate into pieces and break

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a device for slowing a vehicle now

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homographs have the same spelling but

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different meanings and they may have

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different pronunciations for example bow

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