grandmastaal 0 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Can anyone think of any other Homonyms - in english - same spelling but different pronounciation and different meaning for example: Tear and tear (tearing cloth - crying tears of joy) Refuse (deny) and refuse (waste) Bow (japanese handshake) and bow (bow and arrow) Lead (pencil stuff) and lead (to show the way) Wean (milk from nipples) and wean (pronounced wayne - scottish and northern english word for child) Can you tell we are bored at work? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 surely would have been quicker to do a search on google? Link to post Share on other sites
grandmastaal 0 Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 yeh, i found a list on wiki Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Left (vs right) and Left (gone) Poor (no cash) and poor (sad pathetic) Bore (drill a hole) and bore (this thread! LOL) Link to post Share on other sites
grandmastaal 0 Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 HAhah! bore my bum, on second thoughts, please dont! but mamabear, your examples have the same pronunciation. Im looking for same spelling, different pronunciation and different meaning! Go on! Its language fun:D Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 not homonymns, but worthy of a headache- tough cough dough through plough Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 thorough Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 wind (the stuff that blows you over and what you do to baby bath toys the make them swim) Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 weed Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 al.....wean?? From an aberdonian?? tut tut, keep that west coast crap off of here thankyou very much!! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 heard there was a mass evac of an oil rig yesterday. A gilr thought she had a bomb in her locker or something. Beer as the liquid drug, beer as in the food group. Link to post Share on other sites
grandmastaal 0 Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 turns out the girl had a bad dream and went mental! 1million pound operation cos of a nightmare! She was hanging over the side of the rig and had to be pulled back across. Shes in court now, with a hefty fine, one would assume!?! How nuts would you have to be to call in 16 RAF helicopters cos you had a bad dream??? Tubby, i would have prefered Loon or Quine, but they are not Homoymns! GUTtED Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 table - flat space for storing miscellaneous items and also a data construct dog - male of the canine species and an unattractive person and to worry another person by being always on their case. From Wiki ... Examples of homonyms are stalk (which can mean either part of a plant or to follow someone around), bear (animal) and bear (carry), left (opposite of right) and left (past tense of leave). Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 So the things that Al is talking about are not Homomyms. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Again, from wiki ... In linguistics, a homonym is one of a group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings. Some sources only require that homonyms share the same spelling or pronunciation (in addition to having different meanings), but these are the definitions most other sources give for homographs and homophones respectively. The state of being a homonym is called homonymy. Examples of homonyms are stalk (which can mean either part of a plant or to follow someone around), bear (animal) and bear (carry), left (opposite of right) and left (past tense of leave). Some sources also consider the following trio of words to be homonyms, but others designate them as "only" homophones: to, too and two (actually, to, to, too, too and two, being "for the purpose of" as in "to make it easier", the opposite of "from", also, excessively, and "2", respectively). Some sources state that homonym meanings must be unrelated in origin (rather than just different). Thus right (correct) and right (opposed to left) would be polysemous (see below) and not be homonyms. reference is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homonym Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 fag as in ciggie and bender faggot as in Brains frozen faggots and bender swede as in root veg and blonde vikings such as Abba poofta as in leg rest and bender drag as in take a puff from a ciggie and a bender in women's clothes Link to post Share on other sites
grandmastaal 0 Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 Right sorry guys, i was misinformed as to the name of the types of words i was looking for, its actually homographs. I think a homograph is a type of homonym but i stand corrected and im sorry for missleading you my darlings. I promise it wont happen again Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Steal and steel. (should be a natural for the Scots). Link to post Share on other sites
grandmastaal 0 Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 you dont get it!!! its different spelling! I want the same spelling but different pronounciation and meaning Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 How about sake? As in "don't do it for my sake" or "please pour me more sake." Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 only if your wallet is in full view Soubs! Al- what about Bairn?? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Buns as in the bread type and buns. Same for baps. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 haha, just got the "buns" one. Baps is straight forward!! Link to post Share on other sites
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