Timeline for What is the earliest recorded pun in the English language?
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| Nov 22, 2016 at 4:01 | comment | added | ttw | It's not English, but there's an old pun from Homer where Odysseus uses the alias "NoMan" (or whatever Old Greek was for that) and the Cyclops cries out "NoMan is killing me." | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 19:49 | vote | accept | Affable Geek | ||
| Sep 19, 2013 at 13:49 | comment | added | Kris | Does the 'earliest recorded pun in the English language' necessarily have to be found in books? Recording could have occurred much later than the pun itself? | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 13:17 | history | edited | Hugo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 19, 2013 at 13:09 | history | edited | Hugo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 19, 2013 at 13:06 | comment | added | mplungjan | What a cunning runt he was :) | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 13:03 | history | answered | Hugo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |