History




Puns were found in ancient Egypt, where they were heavily used in the development of myths and interpretation of dreams.

In China, Shen Dao (ca. 300 BC) used "shi", meaning "power", and "shi", meaning "position" to say that a king has power because of his position as king.

In ancient Mesopotamia, about 2500 BC, punning was used by scribes to represent words in cuneiform.

The Hebrew Bible contains puns.

The Maya are known for having used puns in their hieroglyphic writing, and for using them in their modern languages.

In Japan, "graphomania" was one type of pun.

In Tamil, "Sledai" is the word used to mean pun in which a word with two different meanings. This is also classified as a poetry style in ancient Tamil literature. Similarly, in Telugu language, "Slesha" is the equivalent word and is one of several poetry styles in Telugu literature.

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