I came across this in a dictionary by accident while looking for something else–and have since forgotten it. There’s a very specific name for a pun using a word twice (or conceivably more times) in a sentence with different meanings. Or possibly it was using multiple objects for one occurrence of the verb, but the one occurrence having a different meaning for the objects. For example:
When I fell out the window, the tree beneath it broke my fall and (broke) my leg.
I had a busy day today when I cut off my jeans, my ungrateful son, and three different cars.
Can someone PLEASE explain (and define) the entire “He had had had had had had…” Brainteaser?
Its a situation where you provide the punctuation, and somehow like six -had- in a row. I still don’t get it, and frankly, I had had had enough of this years ago. ((Yes, I understand three in a row, but not 6))
In the first report you had had “had”. Had “had had” had your approval?
It’s a question asked to someone writing a report. In the first draft they wrote “John had an accident”, in the second “John had had an accident”. Does this make sense? :dubious:
A: Any number of the word “fish” form a grammatical sentence.
B: Umm. 6.
A: Fish fish fish fish fish fish.
B: uh?
A: Long explanation. Name another number,
B: Uh… 2iπ.
A: I fish fish pie.
