LINGUIST List 23.903 Wed Feb 22 2012 Media: Jeremy Lin puns in Chinese Editor for this issue: Brent Woo <bwoolinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Brent Woo , Jeremy Lin puns in Chinese Message 1: Jeremy Lin puns in Chinese Date: 22-Feb-2012 From: Brent Woo <bwoolinguistlist.org> Subject: Jeremy Lin puns in Chinese E-mail this message to a friend The recent craze following Jeremy Lin's surprising rise to fame in the NBA has turned up some new words trending in social media--among them "linsanity" and "linspiration". But English isn't the only language with wordplay: the Taiwanese media are using similar homophony in Chinese to build a whole lexicon of puns based on his name. Read more: http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national- news/2012/02/22/332405/Creative-Linguistics.htm Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 22-Feb-2012       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.