Ever wonder why some words are either spelled or sound exactly the same, but mean different things? I do. Who's responsible for this?
Ok, there's close and close.
Close to you,
Close that door.
Or, read and read.
I read that book last weekend.
I'll read that book Friday.
Um, how bout deer and dear.
My dear, you look ravishing.
The deer are grazing.
She breaks bread at dawn.
My car's brakes squeal and it annoys me.
That thyme goes in my stir fry tonight.
It's time for me to get the hell outta here.
So I'll see you tomorrow.
I'll be heading out to sea when the moon's full again.
As she leaves, a man knocks into her and spills wine all over her
dress.
Wanna run and play in the leaves with me?
Ow...my back so hurts right now.
Baby got back!
We might be late cause we gotta pick up the beer tap.
Tap dancers amaze me.
You're so mean. Go jump off a cliff.
My dear, whatever do you mean by that?
I'd like a piece of that action.
Peace, man.
That's quite a rite of passage.
Make a right here at the light. Oh damn, you missed it.
I could go on and on...it's addictive! Have more?
s
They're going in their car to some store over there. :)
Posted by: David at May 23, 2003 10:15 PMIf you only knew that there was a new gnu.
Posted by: David at May 23, 2003 10:21 PMThe precedence of american presidents is to set precedents.
Posted by: David at May 23, 2003 10:24 PMThe reigning princess had to pull back on the reins of her horse because she was afraid of the rain.
Posted by: Jeff at May 23, 2003 10:35 PMDo you lie awake at night thinking about this stuff? lol You need a new hobby! ;o)
Posted by: Larry at May 23, 2003 11:22 PMthe sky is blue.. just like that guys balls David blew. Sorry David but your name was the first I saw.
Posted by: George Bush at May 23, 2003 11:39 PMIf I go through the trash someone else threw away...I have issues.
Posted by: Matt C at May 24, 2003 12:23 AMI'm going to see movie number two too
Posted by: CoolB at May 24, 2003 01:07 AMYou're addictive and I want more of u ... :D
Posted by: Zul at May 24, 2003 02:14 AMThe patients showed great patience while planting impatiens.
Posted by: mama at May 24, 2003 07:48 AMYes, it is quite amazing. What I laugh at is when people *cannot* use the correct form of "to," or "too." I've seen people give up and just use "two" like it's going out of style. At first I thought it just showed up in hastily written blogs, whose writer only partially remembers posting through a drunken haze. But that might be just an excuse...
"Oh, and I went two the concert and my mom came, two. It was just the to of us."
Make it stop...
Posted by: Shmatt at May 24, 2003 07:55 AMI'm starting to think of you as an English teacher, instead of a producer.
Posted by: Harold at May 24, 2003 02:19 PMa close is also a shrunken cul-de-sac. i think it has something to do with keeping horses.
kevin@o
That reminds me so much of that bit by Gallagher about words like Bomb & Comb. Spelled the same but aren't pronounced the same, odd.
Posted by: Moresco at May 25, 2003 12:03 AMAnd I'm glad you put your signature on each entry. Without that "s" how would we know who it was from? I mean, no one could duplicate that should they enter something in your blog acting as you. Good call.
Posted by: Geek Chicks Dig Eunuchs at May 25, 2003 06:21 AMoh Geek...Eunuchs, you are one smooth charmer! [swoon]
Don't click on his link fellow swooners, unless you like grabby pop-ups.
Posted by: Jennifer at May 25, 2003 08:46 AMPathetic jealous impotent losers spew hate only to conceal their own lame existence and short comings.
Posted by: Frederick at May 25, 2003 12:15 PMMe? Impotent? How do you figure that?
Posted by: Geek Chicks Dig Eunuchs at May 25, 2003 03:14 PMPissed off
Pissed on
I’ll tell you what I think it means. We’re all here for our time. what we do with it is our choice up to a point. Some choices narrow it, some enhance life’s bounty. We are all stuck with what we have. What we do in the intervening hours is strictly a matter of choice. God knows why we do anything.
Ever wonder why the sky is a sultry shade of blue
our best thoughts often die could it be that they’re meant to
Is there something in the weather which deciphers who we befriend
We’re all just here together yearning for a better end
Easy explanation: there are only so many sounds in the English language, and only so many ways syllables can be put together. Add to it our habit of borrowing words we like from other languages, changes in meanings of words over centuries of use, the constant invention of new words, and the fact that pronunciation, especially of vowels, has changed radically while spelling has remained fairly constant (rite and right weren't always homophones,) and you get the answer. Or as much of it as I could explain without using phrases like "syllabic constraints" and "the Great English Vowel Shift."
Posted by: Linguistgirl at May 25, 2003 11:46 PMHere in the mountains of western Pennsylvania, one might say something like, "I need to knead that dough. Then I have to red up (clean) the kitchen, according to the book I just read."
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When you start including colloquialisms, the game of "Find That Homonym" becomes even more entertaining...(?)
BTW, loved the Banana Goddess thing last week.....
Best,
Bob
Its a goverment conspiracy thats why i moved to Jamacia
Posted by: Jacobi at May 28, 2003 04:38 AMWhy is the word abbreviation so long?
Posted by: Isaac at May 28, 2003 08:57 PMLifting his feet above his head was no small feat.
Don't bump your head as you head down the steps.
It wasn't a fancy plane. it was a plain plane!
AHHHHH!!!
The other day I caught my self writing "lossed" instead on "lost" as the past tense of "lose".
My favorite English odity is with the word "few".
Examples:
There were few people at the party.
There were a few people at the party.
There were quite a few people at the party.
You emphasize the word few and yet there are more people at the party each time.
Weird.