Are You a Word Criminal?

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Slava
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Are You a Word Criminal?

Postby Slava » Sat Sep 20, 2014 6:59 pm

Another fun post on how not to use words, this one from the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-y ... ntence-you

I do like the being sentenced as a word criminal idea. It works well.
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Re: Are You a Word Criminal?

Postby Slava » Thu Feb 25, 2021 6:43 pm

It may not be word crime, but one fun play on words I saw, in Russian, but it works in English, was the name of a kiosk that sold pest killers - The Last Supper.
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.


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