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Q&A How to become a master at creating wordplays?

You could try looking at lists of homophones and homonyms. These lists can give you ideas about similar sounding words. However, in the end, you just have to keep practising. Sometimes it does take...

posted 8y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar S. Mitchell‭ · 2019-12-08T05:24:33Z (almost 5 years ago)
You could try looking at lists of homophones and homonyms. These lists can give you ideas about similar sounding words. However, in the end, you just have to keep practising. Sometimes it does take hours to get a line or a sentence right, whether it contains a pun or not.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-07-09T20:38:59Z (over 8 years ago)
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