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- Lemon Half
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Row
Row
Pronounced 'ro' = row of seats
Pronounced 'r-ow' = argument
Same spelling different pronunciation?
Doe - female deer
Dough - stuff to make bread with
Different spelling same pronunciation?
AiY
Pronounced 'ro' = row of seats
Pronounced 'r-ow' = argument
Same spelling different pronunciation?
Doe - female deer
Dough - stuff to make bread with
Different spelling same pronunciation?
AiY
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Re: Row
The first is an example of a homograph, the second of a homonym.
Enou(gh) ; “gh” is pronounced “f”
W(o)men ; “o” is pronounced “i”
Emo(ti)on ; “ti” is pronounced “sh”
Ergo ghoti = fish.
Enou(gh) ; “gh” is pronounced “f”
W(o)men ; “o” is pronounced “i”
Emo(ti)on ; “ti” is pronounced “sh”
Ergo ghoti = fish.
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Re: Row
Doe - female deer
Re = a drop of golden sun (as above)
Pronounced ray
Which is course the way that Her Majesty would pronounce row
That's row, as in raying a bate
Not row, as in having a row
Which would of course be rye
Coarsely grind, naturally
For which you need plenty of sex in the pantry
Which will bring us back to dough
Or do I mean day?
Who cares? Repeat.
BJ
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Re: Row
wind - gather onto a spool
whined - moanily went on about it
wined - and dined
And I think wynd a narrow alley but I've heard it pronounced both ways
whined - moanily went on about it
wined - and dined
And I think wynd a narrow alley but I've heard it pronounced both ways
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Re: Row
kempiejon wrote:wind - gather onto a spool
whined - moanily went on about it
wined - and dined
And I think wynd a narrow alley but I've heard it pronounced both ways
In Scotland whined would have a quite different pronunciation.
Similar to wails/whales and draws/drawers being distinct. As they should be of course!
Scott.
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Re: Row
As always, our plurals are designed to confuse Johnny Foreigner, although if Johnny happened to be German, Dutch or even old Norfolk/Suffolk, many plurals will be guessable.
We even have pronunciation mutations of which the best known is woman =>women (but pronounced wimmin) where it is the singular form 'woman' that is actually the odd (wo)man out.
We'll begin with box, and the plural is boxes;
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.
Then one fowl is goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
The cow in the plural may be cows or kine,
But the plural of vow is vows, not vine.
I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
If I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth, and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?
If the singular is this and the plural is these,
Why shouldn't the plural of kiss be named kese?
Then one may be that, and three may be those,
Yet the plural of hat would never be hose;
We speak of a brother, and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
The masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine she, shis, and shim!
So our English, I think, you all will agree,
Is the craziest language you ever did see.
We even have pronunciation mutations of which the best known is woman =>women (but pronounced wimmin) where it is the singular form 'woman' that is actually the odd (wo)man out.
We'll begin with box, and the plural is boxes;
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.
Then one fowl is goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
The cow in the plural may be cows or kine,
But the plural of vow is vows, not vine.
I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
If I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth, and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?
If the singular is this and the plural is these,
Why shouldn't the plural of kiss be named kese?
Then one may be that, and three may be those,
Yet the plural of hat would never be hose;
We speak of a brother, and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
The masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine she, shis, and shim!
So our English, I think, you all will agree,
Is the craziest language you ever did see.
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Re: Row
These are homonyms , words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.
Man ; 1). a male adult 2). a person of indeterminate gender. "postman; chairman ," ( from German / Old English ).
Then we have homophones ; due/dew ; dough/doe.
Man ; 1). a male adult 2). a person of indeterminate gender. "postman; chairman ," ( from German / Old English ).
Then we have homophones ; due/dew ; dough/doe.
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Re: Row
It's also a German truck manufacturer*, and an island
* Ok correctly Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg
* Ok correctly Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg
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Re: Row
Ah, pardonnez-moi. Peut-être c’est différent en anglais.
Homonyme. LING. (Mot, signifiant) qui a une prononciation et/ou une graphie identique à celle d'un autre mais un signifié différent.
https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/homonyme
Homonyme. LING. (Mot, signifiant) qui a une prononciation et/ou une graphie identique à celle d'un autre mais un signifié différent.
https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/homonyme
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Re: Row
marronier wrote:These are homonyms , words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.
The example given, "row", is a heteronym, specifically because of the different pronunciation.
Scott.
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Re: Row
All (Earth) days are exactly 24 hours but, as we head into winter, the days are getting shorter. However, the longest day, at about 24 hours 30 seconds, is December 22nd. That is, of course, ignoring today which is a few seconds shy of 25 hours.
If you are Jewish or are looking at the Earth from Alpha Centauri B, a day will be different still.
Julian F. G. W.
If you are Jewish or are looking at the Earth from Alpha Centauri B, a day will be different still.
Julian F. G. W.
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Re: Row
gryffron wrote:Though, through, thought, thou, trough.
Foreigners barely have a chance, do they?
Gryff
Why stop at just five examples?
though, through, thought, thorough, trough, tough, plough, hiccough, lough
GS
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