Showing posts with label tree. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tree. Show all posts
Saturday, December 1, 2018

Fir & Fur

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Seems like the right season for this one, doesn't it? Have a happy Life Day , everybody! ;)
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Sunday, January 24, 2016

Bough & Bow

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-ough – tree branch. -ow – (v.) bend formally at the waist. (n.) the front end of a ship. But remember not to confuse these kinds of bows ...
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Sunday, December 27, 2015

Stalking & Stocking

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These two don't sound  quite  the same, at least in my ears. But they're pretty close, and they were my son's suggestion. So I...
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Sunday, September 20, 2015

Cite, Sight, Site

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Getting tired of seeing that book yet? :) Just wait till I start reusing the map!
Sunday, April 19, 2015

C, Sea, See

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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Beach & Beech

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As in, "You may have noticed there was no post last week. Instead, I took a lake-y, forest-y vacation."
Sunday, January 26, 2014

Taught & Taut

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With the gh – (v.) past tense of Teach. Without the gh – (adj.) stretched tightly. As in, "I just taught you what taut means." ...
Sunday, December 8, 2013

Desert & Dessert

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This pair of words is a little more complicated than most here at HW , because half the time they aren't homophones at all. Desert has t...
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Sunday, August 11, 2013

"Pique" amendment

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A couple weeks ago I made the egregious error of omitting "pique" from Peak & Peek . Consider this little striptease my apolog...
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Sunday, July 21, 2013

Peak & Peek

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If I could take a peek at the peak of my career, I wonder if I would be looking into the past or the future... Update: Please...
Sunday, December 23, 2012

Slay & Sleigh

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I hear the NRA can't make up their mind whether to endorse hunting Santa's reindeer or arming Santa to protect them. I'm sure it...
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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Aisle, I'll, Isle – 100th post!

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For some reason, I decided to celebrate Homophones, Weakly 's 100th post by stranding two newlyweds on a deserted island. Don't read...
Sunday, July 15, 2012

Knot & Not

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With a K – the hard mass of wood where a branch met the trunk of a tree. Or, the hard mass where a piece or pieces of cord are intertwined. ...
Sunday, July 8, 2012

U

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Hey, you! Let's do another letter homophone, why not? Why not, indeed...   Today we tackle one of the very ...
Sunday, July 17, 2011

Berry & Bury

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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Discreet & Discrete

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A very useful one this week, I think. Discreet and discrete. -eet – secretive, private, careful. -ete – separate, distinct, apart. "...
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