OIC’s Greatest Hits: A Global Yea for Wordplay!

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5 Signs that Wit and Whimsy Come in Many Languages

Where there’s a word, there’s a way lovers of language will have some fun with it. Idioms, puns, and culturally unique expressions are a part of languages around the globe. And, in this latest collection of OIC’s “Greatest Hits,” our bloggers display their brand of wordplay wizardry with astute observations and forays into that witty world of words.




A view of an Italian merchant inside his deli and surrounded by salami to illustrate how wordplay around the world can be as slick as salami.


1. A Taste of Italian Wordplay

Joyce McGreevy finds Italian wordplay to be every bit as cool as gelato and slick as salami, without the calories! So she served up a feast of food idioms that are the spices in everyday Italian conversation.




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2. The Lucky Language of Fortune Cookies

Meredith Mullins cracks the code with a look at how fortune cookies offer us inspiration through wise or witty proverbs and sayings that bring a little happiness at the end of a...

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Published on May 17, 2021 03:00
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