The Lemon Fool

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

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.

Heteronyms and homophones.

Scott.

AsleepInYorkshire wrote:Doe - female deer

Dough - stuff to make bread with

Doh!

AsleepInYorkshire wrote:Doe - female deer

Ray - a drop of golden sun.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

It's also a German truck manufacturer*, and an island

* Ok correctly Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg

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

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.

Though, through, thought, thou, trough.

Foreigners barely have a chance, do they?

Gryff

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.

Jfgw. You are Gary Larson & I claim my £5.
Are you here to cause a 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