bonanova Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 What have these words in common? tear putting number evening ragged tower resign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 What have these words in common? tear putting number evening ragged tower resign all have multiple meanings and pronunciations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted March 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Yup. Niner has it. heterophones. Same spelling; multiple pronunciations [and meanings].I was going to put 1=2 [to follow up on the "magic" idea] in the subtitle, but then I firured that much of a clue wasn't needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Yup. Niner has it. heterophones. Same spelling; multiple pronunciations [and meanings].I was going to put 1=2 [to follow up on the "magic" idea] in the subtitle, but then I firured that much of a clue wasn't needed. I always thought it was homographs, not heterophones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted April 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 I always thought it was homographs, not heterophones. Here's my latest research on that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Here's my latest research on that matter. And here are a few more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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What have these words in common?
tear
putting
number
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ragged
tower
resign
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