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Originally Posted by beppe
witty.
in Italian, we call these "freddure", from "freddo" that means cold. Brrrr.
But English women are called romantic ?!?
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In English they are called puns (the origin of the word 'pun' is obscure), and often elicit a groan from the audience, rather than a laugh. I like the Jonathan Swift quotation, that punning is "... a talent which no man affects to despise but he that is without it." Although I confess I have been unable to track down where he said it.