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I'd like to get better sensitivity at reading for puns/wordplay. For example, noticing that "proper tea" sounds like "property" ... any tips/tricks for developing this sensitivity?
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Used to do the Times of India one in college. Recently did the NYT one for a while, but it's only occasionally and partially cryptic. Is there a good brit one you recommend? Medium hard/not too UK-centric, and preferably free?
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Also, I think this is the primary appeal of writers like Pratchett. It's like he went to perverse lengths in service of really shallow wordplay, but sometimes it puts you in bizarre map-territory weirdness states.
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Hmmm I’ll consider it - that might take some of the joy out. My current pun intensity / frequency feels very natural and somewhat therapeutic. The joy of communion I get when ppl like “what’s so good about Switzerland” is probably greater than “feeling blue today pls cheer me up”
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