Lovers of words (Lexophiles)

I tried to catch some fog. I mist.

Came across an article about pun words today and i immediately thought about this forum post. I really like the first one 🙂

Here is the snippets of it:

1: “I just deleted all the German names off my phone. It’s Hans free” – Darren Walsh
2: “Kim Kardashian is saddled with a huge arse … but enough about Kanye West” – Stewart Francis
3: “Surely every car is a people carrier?” – Adam Hess
4: “What’s the difference between a ‘hippo’ and a ‘Zippo’? One is really heavy, the other is a little lighter” – Masai Graham
5: “If I could take just one thing to a desert island I probably wouldn’t go” – Dave Green
6: “Jesus fed 5,000 people with two fishes and a loaf of bread. That’s not a miracle. That’s tapas” – Mark Nelson
7: “Red sky at night. Shepherd’s delight. Blue sky at night. Day” – Tom Parry
8: “The first time I met my wife, I knew she was a keeper. She was wearing massive gloves” – Alun Cochrane
9: “Clowns divorce. Custardy battle” – Simon Munnery
10: “They’re always telling me to live my dreams. But I don’t want to be naked in an exam I haven’t revised for…” – Grace The Child

Source: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/best-jokes-from-edinburgh-fringe-festival/story-e6frfmq9-1227498044643

Kind of word related…. does anyone remember ‘wuzzles’? They used to be printed in the local paper years back and I loved them! Just did a google and there’s plenty out there to get you thinking.

Found this Pinterest page with some examples for anyone who’s bored 😉

Very witty and clever. I will certainly look out for these.

I highly recommend reading some of the collections by Dr. Marde Grothe:

Oxymoronica

I never metaphor I didn’t like

Viva la Repartee

These are but three of his books in my collection where he has collected quotes based on their type in an anthology of witty brilliance. Absolutely fabulous. For example:

“A bikini is like a barbed-wire fence. It protects the property without disturbing the view.” – Joey Adams

“A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.” – Barnett Cocks

“Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life.” – Bern Williams

TUD x

That’s cool. I could read it without any problems… Yah.
Guess next time I’m secretly upset with someone’s spelling it doesn’t matter then lol

This was sent to me by a friend. Can you read it?
This is weird, but interesting! The first part substitutes numbers for words the second jumbles up the words. At first it looks unintelligible but if you keep looking it suddenly comes to you. Hint the first word is “this”

7H15 M3554G3

53RV35 7O PR0V3

H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N

D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5!

1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5!

1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG

17 WA5 H4RD BU7

N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3

Y0UR M1ND 1S

R34D1NG 17

4U70M471C4LLY

W17H 0U7 3V3N

7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17,

B3 PROUD! 0NLY

C3R741N P30PL3 C4N

R3AD 7H15.

If you can raed this, you have a sgtrane mnid, too.

Can you raed this? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a pboerlm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Azanmig huh?

I fully admit to being a bit of a word nerd. I went through a phase years ago where I’d sit with a dictionary whilst reading the Saturday papers & any word I didn’t know the meaning of was looked up & then that & its meaning were written down on a sheet of paper I had. I still have them all, I should transfer them to a Word document.

I get those in emails Pandr and I find them fascinating that I can actually read them by just glancing along the lines as if reading a book. One of my girl friends cannot see any words and gets so frustrated.

Ha these are great. Please keep them coming.

I love words and enjoy listening to people who speak intelligently. Unfortunately my language skills have diminished so much that I only manage words like cat, hat, bat., in conversation. So I really appreciate someone who speaks well!

So, I’ll look forward to enjoying contributions here.

I’ll ‘watch’ this thread, from ‘time’ to ‘time’ and appreciate the ‘play’ on words that I can’t Shakespeare (shake a spear) at. Ohhh, that was terrible, but fun!