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R&S, do you really not know what a homophone is?

hom·o·phone/ˈhɒməˌfoʊn, ˈhoʊmə-/ noun

1. Phonetics . a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air.

2. a written element that represents the same spoken unit as another, as ks, a homophone of x in English.

This thread made me sad.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiRmy...

Update:

Bad Socks - You have no idea.

Update 2:

Johnno - It pertains to the population of Religions and Spirituality, so, it actually does. It wouldn't be right to goto somewhere else in Society and Culture and ask about people in R&S, now would it?

Update 3:

Fireball - My heathen self still wuvs chu. >.<

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  • 8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Eye halve a spelling chequer

    It came with my pea sea

    It plainly marques four my revue

    Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

    Eye strike a key and type a word

    And weight four it two say

    Weather eye am wrong oar write

    It shows me strait a weigh.

    As soon as a mist ache is maid

    It nose bee fore two long

    And eye can put the error rite

    Its rarely ever wrong.

    Eye have run this poem threw it

    I am shore your pleased two no

    Its letter perfect in it's weigh

    My chequer tolled me sew.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I honestly did not know. English is not my first language. I thought Homophones was a spelling mistake of Homophobe. Which would make more sense in a Religion and Spirituality forum.

    Since bad spelling has little place as a religious subject, I have no opinion on the matter save to say some people are critical of ANYTHING.......

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Capped Ann Jack .. Do ewe really not no that question

    has nothing to do with "Religion and Spirituality" ?

    (and what about the Telstra phone box in Oxford St?)

  • 8 years ago

    The answers were amusing, but give him a break. The n is right next to the b on the keyboard.

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  • 8 years ago

    The English language is a harsh mistress,but we love her so.

    Apparently one of us doesn't know what a homophone is even when it is explained to him/her.

  • india
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    All those clever answers and only three people who didn't get it. In this forum, that's remarkably good.

    EDIT: *pats Taylor's head* It will be OK, kiddo.

  • 8 years ago

    We should still get rid of homophones...eliminates confusion.

  • Sídhe
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Given the amount of times that "there", "their", and "they're" are mixed up here, I'm pretty sure we're quite aware.

    Also, "your" and "you're".

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Don't ask them hard questions like that!

  • 8 years ago

    Speak louder, eye can't here ewe.

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