Brain teasers

[Laurence Horn]

>An interesting question came up recently in conversation.  Is there a
>linguistic classification for things like the following?
>
>1. AEIO and sometimes Y = "missing you"
>
>2. A picture of a cassette tape and an ear of corn = "tapir"
>
>These seem like two examples of the same thing - an implication leading to a
>pun.
>
Well, maybe, but the latter as described would also constitute a rebus.

LH

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