𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐡 𝐚𝐰𝐦𝐳𝐢𝐚 𝐞𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐢 ?

    ‘𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒉𝒇𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒖…’ tih leh, ‘𝑨 𝒔𝒂𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒌𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒃𝒂𝒊 𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒖𝒌 𝒍𝒆𝒉 𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒉 𝒕𝒂𝒘𝒉!’ tih thu chheh mawi tak, Zephyr Lemchan hnuhnung ber kaltlanga Mapuia thluak themthiamzia lo lanna hi lo thlir ta ila. Thu chheh hmasa zawkah hian, eiru tih thumal kha harhfim tih hmangin a chhaih (play) kual ta a. A dawt lehah thung chuan sawiseltute tih thumal kha, sarcastic tak bawkin a chei kual (play) a nih hi. Hei hi Word Play chu a ni ta mai a ni. 

     Word Play nân hian thu leh hla cheina hmanraw hrang hrang (Literary Terms) hman an ni ţhin. A hmasa berah chuan thumal inkhing dun anga lang, lak hran ve ve chuan thumal indo ni si, hmun khata han daha awmze thûk zawk nei thu fing rawn piang hi Oxymoron an ti a. Romeo & Juliet-ah Shakespreare-a khan ‘𝑶 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆! 𝑨𝒘 𝒃𝒖𝒂𝒊𝒑𝒖𝒊𝒂𝒘𝒎 𝒉𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒉𝒏𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒘𝒎 𝒕𝒊𝒉 𝒕𝒆, ‘𝑶 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆! 𝑨𝒘 𝒉𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒉𝒏𝒂 𝒉𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒂𝒍𝒂’ tihte a hmang nual a nih kha. Hmangaihna thumal kha a cheibawl (play) thiam ngang a nih hi.

     A dawt lehah chuan Mafaa’n, ‘𝑴𝒂𝒉𝒏𝒊 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒘𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒏𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒉 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒉 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒉𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒆…’ a han tih ang thumal ‘M’ ri hman phei diat diatna, sapin Alliteration/Consonance an tih mai, Consonant thumal inang hmanga thu chheh inzawm pawh Word Play nân hian hman a ni ţhin. Shakespeare-a pawhin Romeo & Juliet-ah khan Alliteration a hmang rim hle a, ‘𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉-𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒆; 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒆𝒔’ tiha ‘D’ leh ‘F’ thumal lam rik phei diat diat angte hi entirna an ni.

     Vowel ri inang inlalawn ve thung hi Assonance an ti a. Mafa-a’n,  ‘𝑹𝒂𝒎𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒍ţ𝒉𝒂 𝒉𝒎𝒂 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒂 𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍…’ a han tiha, vowel ‘𝑨’ ri phei diat diat ang hmang hian Word Play an rem ţhin bawk. A dawt lehah chuan thumal pakhat ni si, awmze hrang hlak pahnih nei thei, Double Entendre kan tih angte hman a ni leh a. A bik takin Shakespeare-a hian mipat hmeichhiatna kaihhnawihah a hmang nasa zual a. Venus & Adonis Poem-ah khan, ‘𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒚; 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒆’ tih kan hmu a. Tuikhawhthla mitthlaah a lan reng laiin, hmeichhe thil hnâwm chap mai mitthlaah a lang tel lo thei lo a nih hi!

    A dawt lehah chuan  thumal lam rikin a taka thil an tihlan fiahna, ‘𝑲𝒉𝒖𝒂𝒊 𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒉𝒖 𝒎𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒓, 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒑𝒖𝒂𝒉 𝒂 𝒑𝒖𝒂𝒌 𝒅û𝒓 𝒅û𝒓, 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝒃â𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒌 𝒓𝒊’ tih ang chi Onomatopoeia an tihte pawh hman a ni ţhin. Shakespeare-a hman thiam êm êm thumal, a awmzia ang ni hauh si lova thumal hman sual Malapropism hi, Much Ado About Nothing ka lehlin laia min tibuaitu ber pakhat a ni bawk. ‘…𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔’ a tihte hi han en ta ila, suspicious hmanna turah auspicious a hmang hlauh ang hi a ni.

    Heng bakah hian Literary Terms chi hrang hrang, thumal lam tawi dan (Acronym) te, spelling te leh ţawngkam bungraw hrang hrang Word Play nân hian hman a ni ţhin. Hei bakah hian min zawh ngun êm êm thumal rik dan inang (Rhyme) chungchang hi lo sawi ta bawk ila. Rhyme hi chi hrang hrang an awm a, hetiangin lo sawi fiah ta ila :

     𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐞 – Hla tlar tawpna thumalte ri inang, hla phuahtu tam ber ten an hman tlanglawn ber a ni. ‘𝑯𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒉𝒏𝒂 𝒌𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒉 𝒉𝒊 𝒎𝒊𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒊 𝒔𝒆, 𝑰 𝒉𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒉 𝒌𝒆𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒉 𝒌𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒏 𝒌𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒆’ tiha ‘𝒔𝒆’ leh ‘𝒆’ a tawp rik dan inang hi a ni. Sap ţawngah chuan commits leh befits hi an  in rhyme a. Commits chu lam hnih a ni a, befits pawh lam hnih tho niin, a lam hnihna fits in rhyme hi end rhyme a ni ta a ni.

     𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥/𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐞 – Hla tlar khat chhûnga thumal lam rik inang awm ţhin hi a ni. ‘𝑯𝒏𝒖𝒌𝒑𝒖𝒊 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒉𝒏𝒂 ţ𝒂𝒉𝒏𝒂 𝒓𝒖𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒉’ – han tiha 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒉𝒏𝒂 leh ţ𝒂𝒉𝒏𝒂 in rhyme ang hi. 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐞 – Hla tlar bula thumal in rhyme ang hi a ni. ‘𝑻𝒉𝒍𝒂𝒘𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏 𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒍𝒂, 𝑫𝒂𝒘𝒏 𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒓û𝒌 𝒃𝒊𝒂𝒉𝒛𝒂𝒊 𝒎𝒊 𝒉𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒉’ tiha ‘𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒂𝒘𝒏’ leh ‘𝒅𝒂𝒘𝒏’ ang chi hi.  

   𝐄𝐲𝐞/𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐞 – En thuaka in ang êm êm, rhyme hauh si lo an awm thei. Wind tih leh Bind han tihte hi in ang tak, rhyme hauh si lo an ni. Chak (strong) leh chak (eager) han tih ang chi hi Eye Rhyme chu a ni e. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐞 - thliak leh tliak tihte an awm a, double rhyme lungngui leh lungvui an awm bawk a. 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐞 - sa tin an hnawl tih leh iangin an zawl tihte a awm a, 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐑𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐞 - chungtlak leh chungtlak thlengin an awm bawk.

   A nih leh Word Play leh Pun kan tih hi eng nge an danglamna? Entirna hmangin lo sawi fiah dawn ta ila. Shakespeare-a lemchan ‘Richard III’ kan chhiar chuan, ‘𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒀𝒐𝒓𝒌’ tih kan hmu ang. He thu-ah hian Lal ber Richard-a hian York fapa a nihzia a insawina hi Pun chu a ni a. Son tih aiah Sun (Ni) tih hmanga intielin thlasik leh nipui sik leh sa chu hun hlimawm loh leh hun nuam takah chhuahin, Word Play mawi tak kan hmu ta a nih hi.

   Word Play chu thu leh hla hmanrua hmanga thu chaih kual a nih laiin, Pun erawh ţawngkam bungraw pangngai (Figure of Speech) niin, Word Play ang bawka in ţawng elna, Word Play chi khat a nihna kan hmu ta a nih hi. Hei hi ka sawi fiah thiam ve dan niin, aia thiam zawkte mit kan timim ang tih hlau tak chungin, ka han ziak ve ta duah a nih hi. Kei ai thlawta sawi fiah thiam leh dik zawk leh ţha zawka ziak thei an awm tih hre reng chunga min chhiarsak pawh ka duh hle a ni.

   Roluaha’n, ‘𝑨 𝒕𝒖𝒌𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂 𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒌 𝒂 𝒛𝒖𝒌 𝒎𝒂𝒏’ tih hmanga hmeichhe er thei tak chungchang a han chei kual te, Lalnunsanga’n Computer Virus chungchang a sawinaa, ‘𝑽𝒂𝒊𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒉𝒛𝒂𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒂 𝒉𝒊 𝒄𝒉𝒖 𝒂𝒘’ tih hmanga Vai tih thumal a han cheibawl kual te, inthiarna paha online a hratzia, ‘𝑲â𝒓 𝒌𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒉û𝒏𝒈 𝒂 è 𝒍𝒐’ tia a han chei hlimawm te, pa pakhat thingtuah alh duhzia, ‘𝒂𝒍𝒉 ţ𝒉𝒂 𝒅𝒖𝒉 𝒕𝒂𝒌 𝒂 𝒏𝒊, ţ𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒉 𝒏𝒈𝒉𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓 𝒂 𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒊’ tia a han chei nuihzatthlakte hi Word Play hriat thiam nân chuan a

ţha hle awm e.