Wednesday, February 29, 2012

I hope their books don't get wet.

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It's satisfyingly ironic that I found this photo caption in an article about academic proficiency. Homophones-as-typo strike again!
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Muscle & Mussel

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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Pistil & Pistol

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-il – the ovule/seed-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Named for its resemblance to a pestle. -ol – handgun; though sometimes defin...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Discussed & Disgust

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Funny how often these two go hand-in-hand (I'm looking at you, Republican debates).
Sunday, February 5, 2012

plurals

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Ordinarily, I wouldn't dedicate a new post to plural forms of homophones I've already drawn. Hairs/hares just isn't different en...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

T, tea, tee

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T time.
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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Hair & Hare

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This word pair surely marks one of the first times I became aware of homophones. (Although, I suppose, if I'm going to be honest, it was...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Emigrate & Immigrate

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OK, so, technically these aren't homophones. But they're close. And from time to time I do hear "emigrate" used where ...
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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Carat, Caret, Carrot, Karat

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Carat – a measure of weight used mainly for gemstones, equal to 200 mg. Caret – a typographic mark shaped like an inverted V. Carrot –...
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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Flour & Flower

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Maybe we can call bakeries "flourist shops"?
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'...