More Literary Pet Names Using Puns Unworthy of Their Namesakes

“Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.” — Edgar Allan Poe

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If I had a snail I’d name it Mary Shelley.

If I had a fish I’d name it Gillvia Plath.

If I had a stag I’d name it William Shakesdeer.

If I had a young cow I’d name it Heifer Scott Fitzgerald.

If I had a dove I’d name it Maya Angecoo.

If I had a bear I’d name it Snoozin’ Sontag.

If I had a tortoise I’d name it Edgar Allan Slow.

If I had a lion I’d name it Mane Austen.

If I had a mole I’d name it William S. Burrows.

If I had a donkey I’d name it Bray Bradbury and keep it around the farm to remind everyone that only an ass would burn books.

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