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Question by scalisti: Are there a lot of puns in French humor?
Forgive my ignorance of the French language, but I know that many words in French contain silent consonants. This should lead to an abundance of homonym pairs (words that sound the same but have different meanings). And homonyms tend to be used in puns, which is why I ask.

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Answer by solal_caro
a lot of french writers made puns (calembours) with homonyms (for example “Oulipo” ‘s writers as Georges Perec, Raymond Queneau, …)
you have also Jacques Prévert, Boris Vian, Sacha Guitry, Raymond Devos, Serge Gainsbourg, …

you’ll find many on the web :

http://ecolecentreferte.free.fr/Jeux-de-mots/homonymes/homonymes1.htm

http://www.frenchtoday.com/blog/french-jokes-and-puns-blagues-en-francais-audio-1 (->6)

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1217713

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