A to Z English Tips 02: Puntastic Wordplay

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  Welcome to an A to Z English quick tip episode.

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  So, Jack, what's our tip for today?

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  What's our topic for today?

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  Well, today we are going to talk about puns.

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  And puns is spelled puns.

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  P u n s.

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  Yeah, puns and puns are fun.

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  Puns are fun.

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  Yeah, and puns.

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  Puns are an interesting language thing, actually.

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  I think this is something that is fun because, I mean, I think they're funny.

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  You think they're funny, but a lot of people don't.

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  Yeah, well, I mean, to go back a little bit, puns actually originate from, like, basically a linguistic term meaning just words that have different meanings but the same spellings, essentially.

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  So it's like, you know, there are a lot of puns in the korean language.

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  There are.

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  Every language has them.

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  Yeah.

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