I would be OK with same-spelling homonyms, which could function like puns in this thread. I think we’ve had several already.
I don’t see any homonymity there. Just added punctuation.
Changing punctuation has been specifically allowed.
Bruce Springsteen’s speedball
Hit Clarence Clemons’ keyster
<not in play>
Where’s the last line ?
I am in Limerick mode where you only do one line at a time:
Bruce Springsteen’s speedball
Hit Clarence Clemons’ keyster
Thus blowing his sax
I checked with one of the LLM overlords. (I am NOT a fan of AI but it seemed a direct way to proceed.)
[I asked ‘Are “flies” (plural of noun insect) and “flies” (present 3d person inflection of verb “to fly”) considered homonyms?’]
They meet the strict definition of homonyms:
same spelling + same sound + different meanings.More precisely, they are also a special subtype:
- homographs (same spelling)
- homophones (same pronunciation)
- perfect (true) homonyms (both at once)
So the answer is yes.
It would’ve made sense with fruit flies.
would the following be permitted?
Time flies. You can not.
Time flies? You can not:
Yes, allowed.
I don’t see any homonymity there. Just added punctuation.
That’s what I thought at first, but taken in context, the word “time” is first used as a noun, and then as a verb.
mmm
ETA: I didn’t even catch the two meanings of “flies”
In play:
Thus blowing his sax,
the jazz musician saw eight
sparrows in moonlight
Sparrows in moonlight?
No; larks heralding the dawn.
Romeo must flee.
Romeo must flee
His bride lies dead by her hand
No future, forevermore
No future, forev
ver more, as I wince when I
Read jacked-up haikus
[sorry MMM, my dyslexia strikes again as I counted the syllables on my fingers THREE times, oh it turns out “future” has two you say and not one, %^%%^**%^.]
Read jacked-up haikus.,
They expand your intellect,
Tickle your funny
sorry MMM
No, no sorries around here. We’re just playing a silly game.
We will, however, call out the occasional haikoops.
mmm
Tickle your funny
Then tickle your honey and
tickle her fanny
Tickle her fanny
The American version
Elsewise trouble brews
Elsewise trouble brews
If you forget to place cup
Under the Keurig
Under the Keurig
I have hidden eighteen bucks;
please don’t ask me why