Sunday, July 31, 2011

Miner & Minor

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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 music...
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Thursday, July 28, 2011

vacation

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I'm taking a little vacation in a few weeks, and the thought of packing has me wondering: should I use my duffel bag or my duffle bag?
Sunday, July 24, 2011

Red, Reed, Read, and... Read

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Two pairs of homophones today (reed & read, red & read) which contain an overlapping pair of homographs – words that are spelled th...
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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Berry & Bury

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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Baited & Bated

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Baited – lured to a trap with the promise of a reward, or the act of having placed that reward in the trap. Bated – diminished, reduced, ba...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Serial commas

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So hearts momentarily stopped last week during the Great Serial Comma Misunderstanding of 2011. Suffice it to say, the rules have not change...
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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Plum & Plumb

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

No more serial commas?!

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This article put a kink in my day . A moment of silence for the serial comma – except when needed to resolve ambiguity, of course. I'll ...
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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Loose & Lose

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The words this week aren't homophones. But I felt compelled to include them because as I find writers absentmindedly interchanging them,...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Mmmmm...

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This week's post got me thinking: Doughnut or donut?
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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Hole & Whole

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Either way, it's my favorite part of the donut.
Sunday, June 12, 2011

Moose & Mousse

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This was a classic homophone in middle school – when spiked, moussed hair was the shit, and no animal embodied the awkward gangliness of ado...
Sunday, June 5, 2011

Bridal & Bridle

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No jokes about being harnessed into marriage, OK?
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

A very important question for you:

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Gray or Grey?
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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Sole & Soul

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On the left, homonyms: sole, sole, and sole – the bottom of a foot or shoe, the fish, and the last remaining item. On the right, their homo...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

Threw & Through

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Threw – Past tense of "throw." Through – In one end and out the other. Also, to complete a task. So, in the picture, the ball goe...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Facebook misspellings

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I was going to ask you all an important question today, but instead I ran across this great link – on Facebook, of course – and had to share...
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

"Pedal" amendment

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How embarrassing! I have to come clean: the Pedal & Petal post a couple weeks ago was incomplete. Apparently spending time outside on t...
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Hangar & Hanger

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Twitter and language

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Hey, what if we widen the scope of this blog a bit, to include some general linguistic discussion every so often? Interested? (Or should I j...
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