Homonyms and Their Grammatical Heirs

[TheBigDog]

The bare bear was forced to bear Bayer aspirin and Behr paint.

[Turtle]

elusive

allusive

illusive

How'd ya come up with that? ;)

 

while checking spelling of elusive. ;) onward! :cup:

 

 

tier

tire

tyre

[freeztar]

ya'll=you all

yaw=horizontal angle

 

you=Yourself

yew=a type of tree

[Turtle]

you=Yourself

yew=a type of tree

 

ewe=female sheep :)

 

PS >> u

[freeztar]

Good call :phones:!

 

Lettuce=green leaves of a plant

Let us=allow us to

[Turtle]

knew

 

new

 

gnu

 

:)

[Turtle]

wind

 

Wend

 

wend

 

wynd

 

:)

[Turtle]

moat

mote

moate

[Turtle]

perse

purse

[Turtle]

miner

 

minor

[Hill]

I refuse to admit how long I spelled both the same way.

 

slight : definition lookup

 

sleight : definition lookup

[Pyrotex]

meat

meet

mete

There's a classic pun based on these homonyms. Seems this cattle rancher had three sons and he built his ranch right in the middle of Death Valley. The man died and his kids had to come up with a new name for the cattle ranch. They finally decided on:

 

"Where the Sons Raise Meat"

==homophone to==

"Where the Sun's Rays Meet"

[Pyrotex]

My wife and I are having a disagreement about what to do with our back yard.

I want an urban vegetable garden, and

she wants an herb and vegetable garden.

 

:) :doh: ;) :)

[Buffy]

I want an urban vegetable garden, and

she wants an herb and vegetable garden.

Well, you *know* that her idea is better, but maybe there is a compromise somewhere in there... :)

 

Designing a turban engine,

Buffy

[Racoon]

War

 

Wore

 

:evil:

[Pyrotex]

doe

dough

dow

doh

pdoeaux (the p is silent)

[Turtle]

wrote

 

rote