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ciúnas 
"hands down"
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 Posted - 01/23/2011 : 22:33:16
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 Yup.
Thanks, Salopian.
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clay 
"Viewer discretion is revised."
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Posted - 01/23/2011 : 22:33:19
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 01/23/2011 : 23:45:38
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demonic 
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 01/24/2011 : 02:02:42
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/24/2011 : 02:34:48
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Originally posted by randall
Hmmm. I wouldn't think so. It would only be a slight visual "play" [and barely recognizable at that, what with that errant extra 'w']. Most memorable puns tend to work phonetically, and anyone trying to pronounce the "word"/s aloud -- since it makes no sense visually, that would be the only recourse -- would be forced by you to get it/them wrong, since you specifically stipulate that you are "playing" on the word "Jewry."
I think the phonetic ones can be particularly good exactly because they are (slightly) unobvious at first glance, but certainly there are also many successful ones which only work on a visual basis even with extraneous letters, e.g. these. However, the case here just is too 'generic' (GHcool's is too, but he was lucky and I've happily voted for it), so if I use it I think it would be better in the form "... Jew-wry...", where the other words could also make a meaningful (though possibly irrelevant phrase with Jewry, or "JeWRY"; but now that I've said that I feel more inclined to use "do-wry" for Pride and Prejudice or something.
I also may as well shamelessly plug this underrated rye/wry pun. |
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GHcool 
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 01/24/2011 : 05:29:21
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by GHcool
Yes, it is a play on Jewish rye (bread). I guess "Jew wry" is ok.
It only came into my mind because I wasn't sure what you were punning on till I thought about the fact that rye bread is the kind of horrible thing that they eat in Eastern Europe and wondered whether Jewish people had adopted it: I'd never heard of Jewish rye as a phrase before. I'd stick with the bagels if I were you.  I'll try to think of another film, but thanks to Woody Allen et al it may be rather 'generic', which wouldn't be a problem with this film if the MERPs followed precedent, not that they do of course.
When's your birthday, Salopian? I'll have this shipped to you. |
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