Editing Pun (section)

===Homographic===
A ''homographic'' pun exploits words that are spelled the same ([[homograph]]s) but possess different meanings and sounds. Because of their origin, they rely on sight more than hearing, contrary to homophonic puns. They are also known as ''heteronymic puns''. Examples in which the punned words typically exist in two different [[parts of speech]] often rely on unusual sentence construction, as in the anecdote: "When asked to explain his large number of children, the pig answered simply: 'The wild oats of my sow gave us many piglets.{{'"}} An example that combines homophonic and homographic punning is [[Douglas Adams]]'s line "You can tune a guitar, but you can't [[tuna]] fish. Unless of course, you play [[bass (fish)|bass]]." The phrase uses the homophonic qualities of ''tune a'' and ''tuna'', as well as the homographic pun on ''bass'', in which ambiguity is reached through the identical spellings of {{IPAc-en|b|eɪ|s}} (a [[Bass guitar|string instrument]]), and {{IPAc-en|b|æ|s}} (a [[Bass (fish)|kind of fish]]). Homographic puns do not necessarily need to follow grammatical rules and often do not make sense when interpreted outside the context of the pun.