Saturday, December 24, 2011

Days & Daze

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It's Christmas Eve. And since tomorrow I'll be unable to escape the primordial Land Without Internet, this week's post comes a d...
Sunday, December 18, 2011

Cent, Scent, Sent

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Cent – (n.) a penny, one hundredth of a dollar. Scent – (n.) a smell, an odor. Sent – (v.) past tense of send. *Images not to scale  :)
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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Ant & Aunt

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Not to be confused. One communicates mainly by scent. And the other can lift many times its own body weight.
Sunday, December 4, 2011

Capital & Capitol

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With an A – refers to uppercase letters, an accumulation of available wealth (with some indecipherable Econ 101 definition, I'm sure), o...
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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Sighs & Size

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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Rose & Rows

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This week a pair of homophones, both of which are also pairs of homonyms. So for each word we have two separate definitions. Rose – (n.) t...
Sunday, November 13, 2011

Beat & Beet

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I have to admit I find the phrase "beat poets" very funny. What did poets ever do to you?? :) But I think there's a market (p...
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Friday, November 11, 2011

fan male & to air is human

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I recently received this email that just totally made my day. The sender said it was OK to share it with you: I just wanted to tell you th...
Sunday, November 6, 2011

Lightening & Lightning

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WITH an e – becoming lighter. WithOUT an e – that stuff that shoots out of the clouds and seems to have a grudge against trees.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Real eyes

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Here's a bit of homophonic graffiti a friend pointed out to me recently. A cool message, even if it is also a heavy metal song. It'...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

Populace & Populous

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-ace – (n.) the population of an area. An area's inhabitants. -ous – (adj.) heavily populated. A populous place has a large populace. ...
Sunday, October 23, 2011

Profit & Prophet

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Need I say more?
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Raise, Rays, Raze

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Raise – lift, build, grow, increase. Rays – beams of energy. Raze – tear down. I suppose I should have drawn a specific skyline so we cou...
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Sunday, October 9, 2011

Ring & Wring

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I don't know what the story is here. I guess she said "no." Or "what took you so long??"
Sunday, October 2, 2011

Oar, Or, Ore

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Plus one for the hockey fans:
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Band names

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Sometimes it's easy: "The Beatles are my favorite band." Sometimes it's not: "Arcade Fire are mine... IS mine?"...
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Naval & Navel

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-al – relating to a navy, ships. -el – bellybutton. While we're at it, which do you prefer: "bellybutton" or "belly bu...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

serial commas... again??

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Why not? A friend of mine (and therefore a friend of yours) found this perfect explanation of why serial commas are important. AND it's ...
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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Grate & Great

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Grate – a gridlike screen, usually of metal. Also, the act of scraping roughly, either literally or metaphorically. Great – large in number...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

Steal, Steel, Stele

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Steal – to take without permission. Steel – an alloy of iron. Also, to harden one's emotions in preparation for an unpleasant event. S...