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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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words that have the same spelling but with different meanings, for example
close (to shut) and close (very near)
left (from leave) and left (opposite to right)
any more ?? |
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By *els_BellsWoman
over a year ago
with the moon n stars somewhere in gtr manc |
Wind (as in to tighten or wind a watch up) or wind as in the weather.
Read as in I have read the book or I am going to read a book.
I love the English language especially dialects. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"words that have the same spelling but with different meanings, for example
close (to shut) and close (very near)
left (from leave) and left (opposite to right)
any more ??"
you wood say that wooden you. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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these are why the english language is the hardest to comprehend, or rather the written language anyway, and is still bastardised by the natives, so i dont see why we expect others to have it donw easily.
the problem is, the difference between bought and brought, of and off, where, were and wear,there and thier, et al, is minimal, yet can make you look ignorant, retarded and is blody annoying to say the least lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Those kind of quirks are not the only ones. I was watching 'Red Cliff' last night which is a John Woo chinese film with English subtitles (an excellent film btw) and at the end there was a poem translated into English whilst set to song in Chinese. I could tell from the meter of the song that the end of the lines didn't rhyme in Chinese - but they did in the English translation.
obviously someone writing a song or poem in their native tongue 2000 years ago didn't factor in that one day it would be translated into English but it's wierd that that's how the poem was constructed. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Sometimes the way a word is said can confuse people as my work had a letter that had used the word 'sought' instead of 'sort', two entirely different meanings |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Sometimes the way a word is said can confuse people as my work had a letter that had used the word 'sought' instead of 'sort', two entirely different meanings"
meat and meet |
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how about bow
1. tie a ribbon in a bow
2. to bend from the waist/bow ones head
3. A weapon used to fire arrows
4. a rod with horsehair used to play a violin
5. the fore-end of a ship
6. to submit - as in bow to the inevitable
...and I'm sure there are others,  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"how about bow
1. tie a ribbon in a bow
2. to bend from the waist/bow ones head
3. A weapon used to fire arrows
4. a rod with horsehair used to play a violin
5. the fore-end of a ship
6. to submit - as in bow to the inevitable
...and I'm sure there are others, "
wow,6 .. thats really good out of one word |
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"how about bow
1. tie a ribbon in a bow
2. to bend from the waist/bow ones head
3. A weapon used to fire arrows
4. a rod with horsehair used to play a violin
5. the fore-end of a ship
6. to submit - as in bow to the inevitable
...and I'm sure there are others,
wow,6 .. thats really good out of one word"
Shame she didn't have a dog,
Bow wow wow. |
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By *enithWoman
over a year ago
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how about whip ....
1. To strike with repeated strokes, as with a strap or rod; lash.
2.
a. To punish or chastise by repeated striking with a strap or rod; flog.
b. To afflict, castigate, or reprove severely: "For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure" (Ralph Waldo Emerson).
3. To drive, force, or compel by flogging, lashing, or other means.
4. To strike or affect in a manner similar to whipping or lashing: Icy winds whipped my face.
5. To beat (cream or eggs, for example) into a froth or foam.
6. Informal To snatch, pull, or remove in a sudden manner: He whipped off his cap.
7. To sew with a loose overcast or overhand stitch.
8. To wrap or bind (a rope, for example) with twine to prevent unraveling or fraying.
9. Nautical To hoist by means of a rope passing through an overhead pulley.
10. Informal To defeat; outdo: Our team can whip your team.
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"Pair & pear
Which & witch
There & Their
They are called Homophones  "
Nope.
Yours are spelled differently and have different meanings but sound the same.
The O.P's are Spelled the same. Have different meanings and sound different.
The O.P's are heteronyms. Yours are heterographs or homophones. |
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