Since we all love words.
Pick a word you have trouble with, or you've seen misused because it's the wrong spelling of the homonym.
I'll go first....
Since we all love words.
Pick a word you have trouble with, or you've seen misused because it's the wrong spelling of the homonym.
I'll go first....
The Wizard of Ahhhhhhhs
Chief Magistrate - Emerald City
Do
Due
Dew
and the occassional
Doo (as in Doo-doo)
The Wizard of Ahhhhhhhs
Chief Magistrate - Emerald City
as always..
there
their
they're
you're
your
Will sub for hugs!
- If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light.
Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. -
Glenn Clark
...and possibly
yore, as in tales of yore. Depends on your accent.
The Wizard of Ahhhhhhhs
Chief Magistrate - Emerald City
Lol, that's a new one for me...new word for the day.![]()
Will sub for hugs!
- If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light.
Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. -
Glenn Clark
pail
pale
The Wizard of Ahhhhhhhs
Chief Magistrate - Emerald City
Mary
Merry
Marry
defence
defense
practice
practise
Quantum physics, worm holes, string theory... it teaches us what surfers already know... to ride a wave is to be one with the universe, the creation and the creator.
- Bear Woznick (tandem surfer, waterman, pirate)
Are those homonyms Gresta? Or just alternate spellings.
The Wizard of Ahhhhhhhs
Chief Magistrate - Emerald City
You are right Oz. They are verbs and nouns. Not really homonyms.
Quantum physics, worm holes, string theory... it teaches us what surfers already know... to ride a wave is to be one with the universe, the creation and the creator.
- Bear Woznick (tandem surfer, waterman, pirate)
I am surprised Bratty did not come up with
you / ewe / yew
Amongst the ones I love to hate, or is that hate to love, are
broach / brooch
cite / site / sight
sensor / censer / censor
navel / naval
discrete / discreet
cannon / canon
for this site...
soar / sore
whacks / wax
and just for you Oz....
ohhhhs / ooze
ouch.....my head hurts now, this is the stuff with which a dyslexic's nightmare's are filled.
mmmnnn I like the ohhhhs and ooze![]()
Quantum physics, worm holes, string theory... it teaches us what surfers already know... to ride a wave is to be one with the universe, the creation and the creator.
- Bear Woznick (tandem surfer, waterman, pirate)
smiles - don't we all.....Originally Posted by Gregsta
to, too, two
stationary, stationery
capital, capitol
principle, principal
sheer, shear
hair, hare
knead, need
- Eryn
whether
weather
lye
lie
bore
boar
bear
bare
for maddie...
shoes and shoos
lol
Yep, goes along like this for a while...then it get's worse...
omg i could give you a list a mile long of homophones that make me cringe when people misuse them.
right/write
week/weak
course/coarse
rap/wrap
pole/poll
peek/peak
board/bored
and here are a couple that aren't really homophones but have nearly the same pronounciation and i've seen them misused lots.
accept/except
affect/effect
"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering."
steel
steal
The Wizard of Ahhhhhhhs
Chief Magistrate - Emerald City
also a favorite of mine, his slut's, and maddie's
heels
heals
The Wizard of Ahhhhhhhs
Chief Magistrate - Emerald City
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