Closely related to Tom Swifties, Hermans are puns that match a person’s name to what they are saying. (Tom Swifties match what a person is saying to how they say it -- I like modern painting," said Tom abstractly )

Some examples:
"She's my woman", said Herman
"Is that a window?", asked Isadore
"Hello", said Hy
“I’ve finished the excavation”, said Doug
"My legs hurt right here", said my niece
"There must be a way", said Will
“Can you see I’ve been dieting?”, said Lena
"I'll have a hot dog", said Frank
"Bottoms up!", said Fanny
"Me! Me!", cried Mimi
"Your cat scratched me!", said Claude
"Nobody ever remembers my name", said

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