Of Aptanagrams, Paraprosdokians, Malapropisms And Many More

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Of Aptanagrams, Paraprosdokians, Malapropisms And Many More

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In a convenience store by an English motorway:
"Miss? Do you have any Lou Rawls?"
"Just ask the rest room attendant, sir. She keeps a supply of loo rolls."
English is full of wordplay, witticisms, puns and quirks.

Crossword puzzlers will be familiar with anagrams — words that mean something else when the letters are rearranged — but what about aptanagrams, eunonyms and portmanteau words?

In a fascinating new book, Dr Rod L. Evans celebrates our wonderful, weird and wildly inventive language.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -book.html
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