An Example of Slant Rhyme

Last panel:

“gesture” almost fits, so it qualifies as slant rhyme.

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One function of hyphens is to tie two words together into what we call a compound adjective. The difference in which word (or words) another word modifies can be significant. Lots of humor in this strip, but read the label on the sign.

Now look at the first panel in the bottom row. He reads the sign correctly! Without the hyphen, “no” modifies “pet policy.” If you have a policy that forbids pets, you have to say “no-pet policy.”

PS—I just ran into this. Same lesson, only about the space between words. I found it on Facebook

The guy who writes Frank and Ernest, Bob Thaves, is good at creating puns, which these are. And they rhyme.

I’ve posted some of his work before; do a search on frank and ernest in the search box on the right.

A spoonerism is when you exchange the first letters of two words. An example that I use: Bappy Hirthday. Here’s a good one:

Makes sense, right?

And here’s a pile of Frank and Ernest getting it right.

How many malaprops do you see?