Now that the summer is unofficially over , and we ’re all wish well it was n’t , I thought one way at least to act like nonchalant Fridays are still in effect is to work a minuscule casual word game .
For those wordies who have n’t yet had the fun of playing this one , the game is called " Paging Dr. “ and goes like this :
You begin your sentence with " Paging Dr._____“ and then satisfy in the dummy with a made - up doctor ’s name , using the last name first , and then the full name , like this : " paginate Dr. Pearson , Dr. Will Pearson . “
Now , the object of the game is to fare up with a cunning Good Book pun in place of Will Pearson - one countersign that could be broken in half to form a fancied proper name . For example : if your word is " elocution" the Paging Dr. punning would go thusly :
" Paging Dr. Cution , Dr. Ella Cution . “
Or if the word is " edifice" you have " Paging Dr. Ifice , Dr. Ed Ifice . “
Obviously this is a game best flirt with two or more masses , out loud . Because the punning do n’t make as well in photographic print . They ’re meant to be get wind . And yes , the rules do permit slight alterations in pronunciation " “ as I changed the " elo" in " elocution" to " ella" to make the pun workplace . moreover , you should always keep the funny pronunciation of the back one-half of the word entire . So where you might be inclined to pronounce " Ifice" with a longsighted I - vowel sound , it ’s much funnier to keep the short I - vowel , enounce " Ifice" just as you do in the tidings " building . “
One of my better friends back East instruct me this game some years ago and she suggest put your upright " Public Address Voice " into it for even more fun .
As always , we ’d love to hear your Paging Doctors !
