Project Gutenberg 2009-06-19 Public domain in the USA. 110 Le Gai, Eugène 1817 Le Gai, Eugene Passard, François-Lubin Gai, Eugène Le Passard, Francois-Lubin Gratet-Duplessis, Pierre-Alexandre 1792 1853 Duplessis, Pierre-Alexandre Gratet Gratet-Duplessis, P.-A. Gratet-Duplessis, Pierre Alexander Dictionnaire des calembours et des jeux de mots, lazzis, coqs-à-l'âne, quolibets, quiproquos, amphigouris, etc. Reading ease score: 81.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Laurent Vogel, Hugo Voisard, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Dictionnaire des calembours et des jeux de mots, lazzis, coqs-à-l'âne, quolibets, quiproquos, amphibourris, etc." is a whimsical collection of jokes and wordplay likely compiled in the mid-19th century. The book is filled with clever puns, humorous anecdotes, and playful linguistic riddles that showcase the art of wit and humor in language. It offers a delightful exploration of the French language, inviting readers to indulge in the joy of word games and the intricacies of meanings. The opening of the book introduces readers to various forms of wordplay, including riddles and clever quips involving double meanings and linguistic twists. For example, it begins with riddles that challenge the reader to think creatively about language, such as identifying the letter "A" as a captain of soldiers. Through engaging anecdotes and humorous remarks about societal figures and norms, the authors illustrate the sophistication and charm inherent in calembours. The tone is light-hearted and entertaining, appealing to those who appreciate clever language play and cultural commentary through humor. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Puns and punning French wit and humor PN Text FR Humour Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature 454683 453107 2024-10-12T14:17:54.101717 2023-09-13T05:33:49.628502 text/html text/html 439433 2009-06-19T14:14:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 166076 2009-06-19T14:14:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 313853 2024-10-12T14:18:10.086605 application/epub+zip 315689 2024-10-12T14:17:59.695651 application/epub+zip 265432 2024-10-12T14:17:57.602664 application/epub+zip 701823 2024-10-12T14:18:16.894579 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 732620 2024-10-12T14:18:08.173635 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 460471 2022-09-13T13:53:17.292215 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398550 398258 2024-10-12T14:17:51.867728 2023-09-13T05:33:47.736527 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 389822 2009-06-19T14:14:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 158377 2009-06-19T14:14:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20406 2024-10-12T14:18:17.068559 application/rdf+xml 28654 2024-10-12T14:17:58.215664 image/jpeg 4943 2024-10-12T14:17:57.908668 image/jpeg 288468 2024-10-12T14:17:54.142672 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog