Re: What do you call them?
wintermute, on host 62.60.25.94
Sunday, December 16, 2001, at 08:01:23
Re: What do you call them? posted by Issachar on Sunday, December 16, 2001, at 06:15:01:
> > I've always liked sentences like these: > > Lightning is a very striking form of electricity. > > She was shocked to find that the TV set was still plugged in. > > Is there a name for them? What do you call sentences like that? > > They somewhat resemble "Tom Swifties". Such as: > > "I ate the last lamb chop," Tom said sheepishly. > > But they're not exactly the same, so I don't know what to call them. > > Iss
I recently found "Tom Swifites mentioned in a book; but the examples mentioned didn't seem to illustrate what these are meant to be - the were described as being something like a pun, but I couldn't see it. Any chance of a clue?
winter"I can't track down the examples given"mute
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