Homonyms and Their Grammatical Heirs

[Turtle]

summarize

 

summerize

 

summary

 

summery

[mynah]

I remember from childhood this riddle sent to a discussion programme on radio:

 

What is the difference between a bald man, Prince Charles, an orphan, and a monkey's mother?

 

 

A bald man has no hair apparent

Prince Charles is an heir apparent

An orphan has nary a parent

A monkey's mother is a hairy parent.

[Turtle]

I remember from childhood this riddle sent to a discussion programme on radio:

 

What is the difference between a bald man, Prince Charles, an orphan, and a monkey's mother?

 

A bald man has no hair apparent

Prince Charles is an heir apparent

An orphan has nary a parent

A monkey's mother is a hairy parent.

 

:( Hoarse with laughter, I fell from my horse over a hairy parent jest. :hihi:

[mynah]

One of the most embarrassing mistakes of my teenage years was discovering, on receiving an essay back, that I'd written, "She whore a red dress"...

[Turtle]

One of the most embarrassing mistakes of my teenage years was discovering, on receiving an essay back, that I'd written, "She whore a red dress"...

 

The whore's red dress, with its trim waist, embarrassed him at the waste of fabric in the shoulders.

[freeztar]

The whore's red dress, with its trim waist, embarrassed him at the waste of fabric in the shoulders.

 

That reminds me (don't ask how, the man behind the curtain is not answering emails today) of a certain riddle involving a tie and a drawer. :cup:

[Turtle]

The carpenter bored the board for use in a tie drawer.

[Turtle]

The changing Moon phase did not faze the people. ;)

[Turtle]

As we encounter Ethel, we see she lacks lax rope. ;)

[Govind]

I have no idea what's happening here, I think I just don't know enough grammar! :rolleyes:

[Turtle]

I was desperate to codify the disparate information confronting me.

[Turtle]

A small gasp escapes my lips as I jam my finger on the oak jamb.

[Turtle]

hail

 

hale

[mynah]

Few people hail hail, but in dry countries rain does reign supreme.

[Turtle]

Few people hail hail, but in dry countries rain does reign supreme.

 

With rapt attention, I read Mynah's sentence wrapped in homonyms and without any reins. :)

[freeztar]

I haven't visited this thread in a while, but I knew there would be some new wile.

[Turtle]

A hurrah of boos greeted the server's anouncement of last call for booze. :beer: