Sunday, February 1, 2015

Modi sings! A skeleton sings! And just what are paraprosdokians?

Last month's state visit by US President Obama to India led to a "let's be best partners" bonhomie between him and Indian Prime Minister Modi:


So what better than a cheeky video clip to capture that ebullient mood:

Modi sings 'America se aaya mera dost', welcomes Obama

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/video/obama-in-india-modi-sings-america-se-aaya-mera-dost/1/415306.html

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Another unusual song-and-dance act is this one...


Skeleton puppet dances the Twist

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c40_1422745253

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Finally, I have just learnt that quite a number of the witty one-liners I have been putting on this blog are called...

Paraprosdokians

paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to re-frame or re-interpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect. For this reason, it is extremely popular among comedians and satirists.

https://www.englishforums.com/content/humour/paraprosdokians.htm

The link above gives 37 examples.

There are 10 in this other listing:


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