10. Puns
In this special episode, Emma and Luke talk about puns. Puns are a common type of humor in English conversations. Puns are a play on words. A pun is made by using words that sound similar but mean different things to create a joke.
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Emma: You are listening to Dialogue Frog’s short English conversations for listening, speaking and shadowing practice. So, we’re on episode 10 and I’ve noticed Luke, that you’re kind of a funny guy.
Luke: Some have said that. Not me.
Emma: You’re quite the master of various types of English humor. Key among them would be the pun.
Luke: The pun.
Emma: Yes. What’s your favorite pun?
Luke: Fffff.
Emma: I know its a hard one.
Luke: Probably the hot cross pun.
Emma: The hot cross pun.
Luke: Yep.
Emma: That’s excellent. In what situations do you find yourself using your your pun humor?
Luke: Um. Where don’t I use it? The uh, I use it when I’m at the doctor’s office.
Emma: That could lead to some medical complications.
Luke: That’s true.
Emma: Did they find your funny bone?
Luke: They did. Um, I’ve used it-
Emma: Was it humerus?
Luke: I’ve used it at the court before.
Emma: Oh? What did-what-Why did you use it at court?
Luke: Well ‘cause, uh, there was a trial there and then I guess they found found the guy guilty and he was punished.
Emma: Oh. Ohhhh. That was a good one.
Luke: I try to sneak in a pun when I can.
Emma: So is a pun the same as what you call an uncle joke or a dad joke.
Luke: Um, yes and no. I think its kind of like thumbs are fingers but not all fingers are thumbs, so.
Emma: Alright.
Luke: So, dad jokes and uncle jokes fall-can fall into the category of puns but not all puns are uncle jokes or dad jokes.
Emma: Well I think I’m confused and that’s okay because this was a conversation about puns. That’s all we have time for today. Thank you for joining us on another episode of Dialogue Frog.
Luke: Thanks everyone.
Notice
Funny
Guy
Master
Various
Types
Humor
Key
Among
Pun
Hot cross pun (a pun on ‘hot cross bun’)
Excellent
In what situations
Do you find yourself
Doctor’s office
Medical complications
Funny bone (the name of the back of the elbow and also a name for a person’s sense of humor)
Humerus (a pun on humorous)
Court
Trial
Found
Guilty
Punished (a pun on the real word ‘punished’ and a false past-tense verb form of the noun ‘pun’. The correct form is ‘punned.’)
That was a good one. (a common response when hearing a joke.)
Sneak in
Uncle joke/Dad joke
Thumbs
Fingers
Fall into
Category
Confused
Emma: You are listening to Dialogue Frog’s short English conversations for listening, speaking and shadowing practice. So, we’re on episode 10 and I’ve noticed Luke, that you’re kind of a funny guy.
Luke: Some have said that. Not me.
Emma: You’re quite the master of various types of English humor. Key among them would be the pun.
Luke: The pun.
Emma: Yes. What’s your favorite pun?
Luke: Fffff.
Emma: I know its a hard one.
Luke: Probably the hot cross pun.
Emma: The hot cross pun.
Luke: Yep.
Emma: That’s excellent. In what situations do you find yourself using your your pun humor?
Luke: Um. Where don’t I use it? The uh, I use it when I’m at the doctor’s office.
Emma: That could lead to some medical complications.
Luke: That’s true.
Emma: Did they find your funny bone?
Luke: They did. Um, I’ve used it-
Emma: Was it humerus?
Luke: I’ve used it at the court before.
Emma: Oh? What did-what-Why did you use it at court?
Luke: Well ‘cause, uh, there was a trial there and then I guess they found found the guy guilty and he was punished.
Emma: Oh. Ohhhh. That was a good one.
Luke: I try to sneak in a pun when I can.
Emma: So is a pun the same as what you call an uncle joke or a dad joke.
Luke: Um, yes and no. I think its kind of like thumbs are fingers but not all fingers are thumbs, so.
Emma: Alright.
Luke: So, dad jokes and uncle jokes fall-can fall into the category of puns but not all puns are uncle jokes or dad jokes.
Emma: Well I think I’m confused and that’s okay because this was a conversation about puns. That’s all we have time for today. Thank you for joining us on another episode of Dialogue Frog.
Luke: Thanks everyone.
Notice
Funny
Guy
Master
Various
Types
Humor
Key
Among
Pun
Hot cross pun (a pun on ‘hot cross bun’)
Excellent
In what situations
Do you find yourself
Doctor’s office
Medical complications
Funny bone (the name of the back of the elbow and also a name for a person’s sense of humor)
Humerus (a pun on humorous)
Court
Trial
Found
Guilty
Punished (a pun on the real word ‘punished’ and a false past-tense verb form of the noun ‘pun’. The correct form is ‘punned.’)
That was a good one. (a common response when hearing a joke.)
Sneak in
Uncle joke/Dad joke
Thumbs
Fingers
Fall into
Category
Confused
