Trying my darndest to come up with a bird flu / bird flew joke here, but I just can't pin one down. Maybe you can? Leave it in the comments!
A visual exploration of words that look the same, sound the same, or are otherwise easily confused. Updated weakly through 2016, now only occasionally. The book version "Homophones Visualized" is available wherever books are sold. Thanks for checking in!
Showing posts with label bird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bird. Show all posts
Sunday, December 13, 2015
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Sunday, September 28, 2014
Lead & Led
With an A – a heavy metal, atomic number 82.
Without an A – past tense of, well, Lead. Oh, sheesh, that's confusing. "Lead/Lead" would be a good candidate for Homographs, Weakly, if I decided to branch out a bit.
And speaking of heavy metal:
Without an A – past tense of, well, Lead. Oh, sheesh, that's confusing. "Lead/Lead" would be a good candidate for Homographs, Weakly, if I decided to branch out a bit.
And speaking of heavy metal:
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Marten & Martin
With an E – small carnivorous mammal, a member of the weasel family.
With an I – small insectivorous bird, a member of the swallow family.
With an I – small insectivorous bird, a member of the swallow family.
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Brewed & Brood
It wasn't until I had finished drawing the chicks in the nest that I remembered brood has a second definition. Not only does it mean a group of offspring raised at the same time, it also means to contemplate, ponder, or worry. Which, if you ask me, seems like the same thing.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
J & Jay
Eventually, Homophones, Weakly should be a little desktop reference dictionary, right? (Or at least a dictionary-like app.) As such, I think it would be nice to have at least one entry for each letter of the alphabet. So I took a look through what we've done so far, and was surprised to find that I hadn't done anything starting with J yet.
So here you go.
Now if I can just come up with something for X and Z...
So here you go.
Now if I can just come up with something for X and Z...
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Coop & Coupe
Coop – a small living space built for birds such as chickens or pigeons.
Coupe – a two-door car with a fixed roof.
One of my all-time favorite jokes: Why does a chicken coop have two doors? Because if it had four, it would be a chicken sedan.
Coupe – a two-door car with a fixed roof.
One of my all-time favorite jokes: Why does a chicken coop have two doors? Because if it had four, it would be a chicken sedan.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Arc & Ark
Couldn't make up my mind which pair of drawings to post today. On the one hand, I like the similarity of shapes in this one:
On the other hand, any excuse to run this one again is good enough for me:
On the other hand, any excuse to run this one again is good enough for me:
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Miner & Minor
With an E – A person who digs a mine.
With an O – Small in size, significance, etc. A person under the legal age of responsibility. A musical term relating to scales with certain intervals lowered by half steps. Also, a secondary, subordinate educational degree – but that implies the "lesser significance" definition, doesn't it? So I didn't draw anything for that.
(Of course, I suppose the musical "minor" implies that definition as well, with the lowered notes. But I did decide to include that in the picture. Well, what can I say? I'm an illustrator, not a linguist. And definitely not a perfectionist.) :)
With an O – Small in size, significance, etc. A person under the legal age of responsibility. A musical term relating to scales with certain intervals lowered by half steps. Also, a secondary, subordinate educational degree – but that implies the "lesser significance" definition, doesn't it? So I didn't draw anything for that.
(Of course, I suppose the musical "minor" implies that definition as well, with the lowered notes. But I did decide to include that in the picture. Well, what can I say? I'm an illustrator, not a linguist. And definitely not a perfectionist.) :)
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