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, January 19, 2014

Moan & Mown

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As in, "You can complain all you want, but you still have to cut the grass. Now get out there." –my dad, circa 1993. –my wife, c...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

Shone & Shown

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-one – past tense of Shine. -own – past tense of Show.
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Sunday, January 5, 2014

Albumen & Albumin

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-en – Yes, egg whites actually have a name. -in – a protein found in, among other things, egg whites. I'm sure this will come in very ...
Sunday, December 29, 2013

Mandrel & Mandrill

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-el – a tool component used to clamp moving parts of the tool itself or the item being worked upon. -ill – a species of brightly colored pr...
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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Mantel & Mantle

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-el – A covering, often decorative, surrounding a fireplace. A great place to hang socks full of chocolate. -le – This one has a lot of de...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Board & Bored

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As in, "I just can't concentrate on this meeting." As in, "I put a hole through this plank."
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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, December 1, 2013

Heroin & Heroine

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What a difference a silent E makes.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Bolder & Boulder

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An old post gets a second life! (I'm either bolder than usual this week, or lazier.)
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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Locks & Lox

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Locks – chambers for raising and lowering ships to different levels of a waterway. Or devices used to secure a storage container. (Notice th...
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Sunday, November 10, 2013

Pole & Poll

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Seeing this now, it suddenly looks like a Get Out The Vote ad.
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Sunday, November 3, 2013

Plain & Plane

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Two separate images today, to accommodate multiple definitions. -ain – 1: (adj.) simple, unadorned. 2: (n.) grassy field. -ane – 1: 2-dime...
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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Which & Witch

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Happy Halloween!
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Paced & Paste

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As in, "I paced worriedly when I realized I had eaten the rubber cement instead of paste."
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Sunday, October 13, 2013

Feat & Feet

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ea – (n.) An achievement that requires great skill or strength. ee – (plural n.) Those standy-walky things on the ends of your legs. Or uni...
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Sunday, October 6, 2013

Continence & Continents

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Another -ence vs -ents homophone this week: -ence – (n.) Let's just call it "the ability to hold it in." -ents – (plural n.)...
Sunday, September 29, 2013

Correspondence & Correspondents

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-ence – (n.) Remote communication (usually written) between two or more people. -ents – (plural n.) The people doing the communicating.
Sunday, September 22, 2013

Weak & Week

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My apologies to any latter-day Mayans out there who don't recognize the image on the right as a calendar.
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Sunday, September 15, 2013

Waist & Waste

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As my lovely wife Vanessa  put it, "Some people waste away to get a smaller waist."
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