Column: Horse meat column’s puns ‘stirs ups’ hard-to-rein-in reactions

Last week my column covered the growing controversy about horse meat in food products around the world.

At the beginning, I acknowledged that the piece would include a number of puns, first noting that Swedish meatballs would now be perfect for bridle showers. This is called a homophonic pun because the two words (bridal and bridle) are identical in sound but different in meaning. Don’t fall asleep yet.

The column contained only four puns, but the first draft (oops, that’s another horse pun) actually included about six additional plays on words. My copy editor, Heidi, told me that was overkill, and that I needed to rein them in. Very funny, Heidi.

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