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Luke Via
08-11-2011, 07:20 AM
Hi,
can somebody give me a short list of works where I can find lots of puns? It can really be anything, written works (even the well-known and obvious ones), maybe movies or tv series.
I work on dificulties of translating puns into other languages and I need this for my BA thesis.
Please help.
Thanks in advance

Panglossian
08-11-2011, 06:03 PM
Perhaps ...

Riddley Walker - Russell Hoban
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn
Eunoia - Christian Bok

varnish7
08-11-2011, 06:44 PM
The Xanthe series by Piers Anthony has a lot of puns in them.

kiki1982
08-12-2011, 05:34 AM
There are some in Austen's Emma that I know of.

None really in any of her other books I can recall. Shame, really.

Luke Via
08-15-2011, 06:00 AM
thank you for all your answers.
Regards.