Talk:Perverb

Unfortunately I don't recall who invented this concept and the term. I may have learned about it in Martin Gardner's column or books. Perhaps it is an Oulipo invention?
Jorge Stolfi 05:24, 6 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

When I first found this article, I thought that it might be too obscure to be "encyclopedic", especially with only 169 Google hits, but one of them was for the OED website [1], so I guess it's safe from a VfD. ;-) [[User:GK|gK ¿?]] 09:24, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Garden path proverb

It is claimed:

To be effective, a written perverb must have correct syntax, spelling, and punctuation, as in the "time flies" example above. Those that require a change in spelling or punctuation, like the "counting chickens" example above, may still qualify as "oral" perverbs.

Yet, most of the examples given result from incorrect punctuation, mostly left-out commas. Writing confusing texts without proper punctuation is like shooting sitting bulls. (In the spirit of the page---no offense to the chief.) I suggest a corresponding clean-up. 88.77.191.233 (talk) 16:09, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]