enjoyed this. a small footnote: the form of the "double
exposure" is not original (thought he may be unaware of
his predecessors)--it is found in various compilations
of wordplay as the Equivoque', & several anonymous
examples must date from either the 18th or the 19th
century.
i will have to say that his are the best i've seen.
According to the Oxford Guide to Word Games (Augarde, 1984):
"The fashion for them is said to have been started by
a French poet appropriately called Cre'tin, who died in
1525..."
& goes on to give one from 1679 in English that reads
Protestant across & Catholic down columnwise.
[This message has been edited by graywyvern (edited December 14, 2001).]
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