Away With Words: An Irreverent Tour Through the World of Pun Competitions. By Joe Berkowitz. Harper Perennial; 273 pages; $15.99 and £8.99. LAST week’s issue of this paper contained the following ...
From the moment he spoke, I knew I was screwed. On the surface, the guy wasn’t particularly fearsome—pudgy, late thirties, polo shirt, plaid shorts, baseball cap, dad sneakers—but he looked completely ...
I love the English language and working with it as many ways as possible. Good thing too as I write it every day. But I’m no good at the kind of wordplay known as puns. I enjoy them. I just can’t seem ...