did [rebus] mean Puzzle or Problem in the classical world(s) ?

What phrase does the rebus below represent?

You say "Brown" - I hear "Kafe".

You say "Come" - I hear "Ela".

You say "Goodbye" - I hear "Adio".

------ Q1. do you see any Joyce connections to the above?

------ Q2. is each one a Rebus?
Are they collectively a Rebus?

re·bus Origin = early 17th century: from French rébus,
from Latin rebus, ablative plural of res ‘thing’.

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re·bus noun
a puzzle in which words are represented by
combinations of pictures and individual letters; for instance, apex
might be represented by a picture of an ape followed by a letter X.

ab·la·tive adjective
1. GRAMMAR -- relating to or denoting a case (especially in Latin) of
nouns and pronouns (and words in grammatical agreement with them)
indicating
separation or an agent, instrument, or location.

(etymology) late Middle English: from Old French ablative
(feminine of ablatif ),
Latin ablativus, from ablat- ‘taken away’ (see ablation).

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ablative 切除的 Setsujo-teki

in Jp , [-kara] is the ablative particle

John-kara Mary-ni hon-o watasi-te oi-ta
‘John handed the book to Mary.’

nuace-wise, it sounds more like:

"I had John deliver the book to Mary."

henh...@gmail.com wrote:
> did [rebus] mean Puzzle or Problem in the classical world(s) ?
>
>
>
> What phrase does the rebus below represent?
>
>
> You say "Brown" - I hear "Kafe".
>
> You say "Come" - I hear "Ela".
>
> You say "Goodbye" - I hear "Adio".
>
>
> ------ Q1. do you see any Joyce connections to the above?
>
>
> ------ Q2. is each one a Rebus?
> Are they collectively a Rebus?
>
>
> re·bus Origin = early 17th century: from French rébus,
> from Latin rebus, ablative plural of res ‘thing’.
>
> ___________________________
> re·bus noun
> a puzzle in which words are represented by
> combinations of pictures and individual letters; for instance, apex
> might be represented by a picture of an ape followed by a letter X.
>
>
> ab·la·tive adjective
> 1. GRAMMAR -- relating to or denoting a case (especially in Latin) of
> nouns and pronouns (and words in grammatical agreement with them)
> indicating
> separation or an agent, instrument, or location.
>
>
> (etymology) late Middle English: from Old French ablative
> (feminine of ablatif ),
> Latin ablativus, from ablat- ‘taken away’ (see ablation).
>
> _______________________________
> ablative 切除的 Setsujo-teki
>
> in Jp , [-kara] is the ablative particle
>
>
> John-kara Mary-ni hon-o watasi-te oi-ta
> ‘John handed the book to Mary.’
>
> nuace-wise, it sounds more like:
>
> "I had John deliver the book to Mary."
Ian Rankin's DI John Rebus of Edinburgh;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Rebus
Ed