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Article: Name droppings.
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- Word Ways
- Article date:
- February 1, 2004
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 Jeremiah Farrell. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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In the November 1994 Kickshaws Peter Newby introduced a style of punning on well-known names of the form "Was Franchot Tone deaf? Was Vincent Price conscious?", calling them logomotives. Here's my three cents worth (would Lotte Lenya threepenny)?
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