I also noticed their similarity in structure to Tom Swifties.

Herb

From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bruce Despain
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 7:38 PM
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Subject: Re: Into a Bar

Did anyone notice that anthropomorphism accompanied all the bar visitors without being mentioned?

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From: Carol Morrison <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: Into a Bar
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:32:07 -0800

I'm glad everyone liked these and contributed so many more! They are all fabulous:)

From: R. Michael Medley (ck) <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: Into a Bar

I forwarded the grammar quips Carol sent us to my colleagues as an
end-of-semester gift.  They loved them, and my friend, Andrew White,
associate professor of English, who usually keeps us all laughing,
contributed these items and gave me permission to share them with ATEG.

Two possessive apostrophe's walk into the bar as if they owned the place.

A subject and a verb have a disagreement in a bar, and one of them pull
out a pistol.

A heedless homonym walks into a bar.  You think he wood of scene it write
in front of him.

--Mike Medley


R. Michael Medley, Ph.D.
Professor of English
Eastern Mennonite University

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