synonym jokes

[Beverly Flanigan]

For language-based cartoons, see Fromkin & Rodman (they cribbed a whole
bunch from my collection!).

At 07:52 PM 3/20/01 +0000, you wrote:
>Sorry, no jokes in this message, but a request for some.  I am looking for
>examples of humor that take advantage of two words' synonymy.  Can anyone
>think of anything off-hand?  Since it's not strictly dialect-based, you
>should probably reply directly to me, but perhaps if it's a really good
>joke others will forgive you if you post it to the list.
>
>Thanks,
>Lynne
>
>M Lynne Murphy
>Lecturer in Linguistics
>School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
>University of Sussex
>Brighton BN1 9QH
>UK
>
>phone +44-(0)1273-678844
>fax   +44-(0)1273-671320


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