“and a
Joke
derived
from a
play upon
words is
considered
among
educated
people to
be
eminently
proper.”
“What does
that
mean?”
enquired
the
Pumpkinhead,
stupidly.
“It means,
my dear
friend,”
explained
the
Woggle-Bug,
“that our
language
contains
many words
having a
double
meaning;
and that
to
pronounce
a joke
that
allows
both
meanings
of a
certain
word,
proves the
joker a
person of
culture
and
refinement,
