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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.
Bad Socks - You have no idea.
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?
Fireball - My heathen self still wuvs chu. >.<
14 Answers
- 8 years agoFavorite 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.
- Anonymous8 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.......
- Anonymous8 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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- Random PantherLv 78 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.
- indiaLv 78 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.
- SídheLv 78 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".
- Anonymous8 years ago
Don't ask them hard questions like that!