Homonyms and Their Grammatical Heirs

[Turtle]

cede

 

seed

[Turtle]

bread

 

bred

[LaurieAG]

Erhm...bole:)

 

Hi Turtle,

 

A triple homonym in one sentence.

 

The "boll" (seed capsule) fell into a "bowl" (concave vessel) near the "bole" (tree trunk).

[Turtle]

Hi Turtle,

 

A triple homonym in one sentence.

 

The "boll" (seed capsule) fell into a "bowl" (concave vessel) near the "bole" (tree trunk).

 

Nice. No homophonophobia in you. :)

 

coo

 

coup

[Buffy]

fee

 

phi

 

phi

 

fie

 

 

 

foe

 

faux

 

Anyone gonna go for "fum"?

Buffy

[Turtle]

Anyone gonna go for "fum"?

Buffy

 

Sho' enough. :eek:

 

fum

 

Phum

 

The Protean Phum was distraught to find no fiddle to fum. :evil:

[Turtle]

done

 

dun

 

 

Intermission: Find your program attached as text file below; alphabetized list of homonyms submitted to date. Let me know when you find the mistakes. :phones:

[Turtle]

waive

 

wave

[Turtle]

hoar

 

hore

 

whore

[Turtle]

ceiling

 

sealing

[freeztar]

ceiling

 

sealing

 

seeling

[modest]

Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den

 

I wonder if the mandarin-speakers of the room chuckle quietly at our puny english homonyms.

[Turtle]

I wonder if the mandarin-speakers of the room chuckle quietly at our puny english homonyms.

 

I imagine they all do. :doh:

 

all

 

awl

 

OLL

 

Thanks to OLL, I now know not all awls are equal afterall. :phones:

[freeztar]

I imagine they all do. :hihi:

 

all

 

awl

 

OLL

 

Thanks to OLL, I now know not all awls are equal afterall.

 

What does OLL mean? Following the link, it only lists a few acronyms. :shrug:

[Turtle]

What does OLL mean? Following the link, it only lists a few acronyms.

 

:shrug: That was a bit of a stretch, but I was going for the acronym 'On Line Learning'. All or nothing at awl? :hihi:

 

core

 

corps

[freeztar]

That was a bit of a stretch, but I was going for the acronym 'On Line Learning'. All or nothing at awl? :shrug:

 

core

 

corps

 

kore*

 

*Do names count?

[Turtle]

kore*

 

*Do names count?

 

I think yes, especially if they find usage in English writings. I counted Phum just a few posts ago, as homonymous to fum. So, if Kore sounds like core and not like Cory, it's in like flint (Flint?:))

 

laps

 

lapse

 

I do 20 laps, and I lapse into a dream. :)