Sunday, May 26, 2013

Whine & Wine

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The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Sunday, May 19, 2013

Catch up & Ketchup

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Don't get me started on "catsup."
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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Bundt & Bunt

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With a D – ring-shaped cake with ridges that make it easy to slice, but a pain in the ass to draw. Without a D – gently hit a pitched baseb...
Sunday, May 5, 2013

guest post – Madder & Matter

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We've discussed the lazy American T  before, and how it creates homophones on this side of the pond that would never be considered homop...
Sunday, April 28, 2013

shameless self-promotion

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Sorry to bug y'all like this, but the Kickstarter campaign for my comic book series (with a homophone title, no less) Woodstalk: 3 Days ...

Whirled, Whorled, World

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Whirled – (v.) spun around in circles, past tense of Whirl. Whorled – (adj.) describes a circular or spiral pattern, especially in nature. ...
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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Rain, Reign, Rein

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ai – "not enough sense to come in out of the–" eig – what Roger Daltrey wanted Love to do o'er him. This is indicative of rul...
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Sunday, April 14, 2013

All & Awl

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As in "There are many different types of awls, but they all do the same thing as a sharp stick."
Sunday, April 7, 2013

Brewed & Brood

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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 g...
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Sunday, March 31, 2013

To, Too, Two

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I almost missed it, but this month marks the second anniversary of Homophones, Weakly ! To celebrate, I figured I should finally get around ...
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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Resinate & Resonate

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With an I – treat with resin, e.g., trapping an ant in amber. With an O – emit/amplify sound or some other vibration. "The children...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

Gnawed & Nod

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Friday, March 15, 2013

Ain't

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Can anybody tell me why "ain't" has an apostrophe?
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Sunday, March 10, 2013

Lice & Lyse

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Lice – (n.) plural form of "louse." Lyse – (v.) to rupture a cell through the process of lysis. Did I mention that I'm also ...
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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Meatier & Meteor

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I had this whole storyline going, with a dinosaur eating another dinosaur then noticing something falling from the sky... but I just couldn...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

Leader & Liter

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Ah, the lazy American T. Responsible for so many homophones. Bid and Bit would never be pronounced the same here, but Bidder and Bitter ofte...
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Dual & Duel

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With an A – an adjective referring to the number two, or, more specifically, to two aspects of a single concept/item. With an E – also refe...
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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Quarts & Quartz

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-s – plural form of "quart," a measurement of volume. -z – a crystalline mineral. There is so much quartz in the earth's cru...
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Sunday, February 3, 2013

Earn & Urn

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Earn – (v.) receive payment in exchange for work. Urn – (n.) decorative vase, often the type used for holding human remains. If your job i...
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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Base & Bass

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Base – the lowest surface of an object, upon which it rests. Similarly, a surface upon which another object rests, even metaphorically as a ...
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