Editing Pun (section)

===Visual===
[[File:148FS USAF emblem.png|thumb|[[148th Fighter Squadron]] emblem, a [[visual pun]] in which the squadron's motto, "Kickin' Ass", is depicted literally as an [[Donkey|ass]] in the act of kicking even though "kicking ass" is a colloquial expression for winning decisively or being impressive.|alt=]]

[[Visual pun]]s are sometimes used in logos, emblems, insignia, and other graphic symbols, in which one or more of the pun aspects is replaced by a picture. In European [[heraldry]], this technique is called [[canting arms]]. Visual and other puns<ref name="Puns">{{cite web |last1=Zack |first1=Hart |title=Best Puns So Far |url=http://punsclick.com/ |website=Punsclick |access-date=7 May 2025}}</ref> and word games are also common in Dutch [[gable stone]]s as well as in some [[cartoon]]s, such as ''[[Lost Consonants]]'' and ''[[The Far Side]]''. Another type of visual pun exists in languages that use non-phonetic writing. For example, in Chinese, a pun may be based on a similarity in shape of the written character, despite a complete lack of phonetic similarity in the words punned upon.<ref>Attardo, Salvatore. [https://books.google.com/books?id=hE_ex4MZKIEC&dq=%22Chinese+puns%22&pg=PA109 ''Linguistic Theories of Humor''], p.109. Walter de Gruyter, 1994. Alleton, V.: ''L'écriture chinoise''. Paris, 1970.</ref> [[Mark Elvin]] describes how this "peculiarly Chinese form of visual punning involved comparing written characters to objects."<ref>Elvin, Mark, [https://books.google.com/books?id=o-dQeGeuQNAC&pg=PA113 "The Spectrum of Accessibility: Types of Humor in ''The Destinies of the Flowers in the Mirror''"], p. 113. In: [[Roger T. Ames]] (et al.): ''Interpreting Culture through Translation: a Festschrift for D. C. Lau''. 1991, pp. 101–118.</ref>

Visual puns on the bearer's name are used extensively as forms of heraldic expression, they are called [[canting arms]]. They have been used for centuries across Europe and have even been used recently by members of the [[British royal family]], such as on the arms of [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]] and of [[Princess Beatrice of York]]. The arms of U.S. Presidents [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] are also [[Canting arms|canting]].{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} In the context of non-phonetic texts, [[4 Pics 1 Word]], is an example of visual paronomasia where the players are supposed to identify the word in common from the set of four images.<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 March 2014|title=Paronomasia - Definition and Examples of Paronomasia|url=https://literarydevices.net/paronomasia/|access-date=2 June 2021|website=Literary Devices|language=en-US}}</ref>