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| Freethinker |
Okay, most SIGforum members are well educated enough to know when to use to, too, and two, and there, their, and they’re, but how about the following pairs of examples that are pronounced (sound) the same, but have different spellings and meanings? bear/bare site/sight/cite* discreet/discrete phase/faze waist/waste Or three: weather/whether/wether What are your examples? (I’m posting this here [not hear] because obvious word usage errors are becoming more common all the time. I saw the phase/faze error in an otherwise well-edited book I’m reading now about the Studies and Observation Group in Vietnam.) * Thanks to GaryBF for the addition.  This message has been edited. Last edited by: sigfreund, ► 6.4/93.6 ___________ “We are Americans …. Together we have resisted the trap of appeasement, cynicism, and isolation that gives temptation to tyrants.” — George H. W. Bush | ||
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The quiet druid |
Braise and braze. o5 | |||
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| Technically Adaptive |
break/brake | |||
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| Eating elephants one bite at a time  |
read/red read/reed piece/peace wood/would hare/hair nose/knows | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
You rein in people or actions you wish to control or curtail, as in the reins used to control a horse. Not reign in. You toe a line, not tow it. And military weaponry is ordnance, not ordinance. (The last one, strictly speaking, is not a homophone, but is similar enough to include.) | |||
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| Member |
soul/sole and not a homophone but I get so sick of seeing this on FB sale pages. I have something to sale I want to sale I got tired of writing "sell" | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Manner, manor. Which aren't even perfect homophones. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Moving cash for money |
Know I do not No. "When in danger or in doubt, run in circles scream and shout" R.I.P. R.A.H. Ooga Chakka Hooga Hooga Ooga Chakka Hooga Hooga NRA Basic Rifle Instructor Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED Adult/Child/Infant Instructor Red Cross Wilderness First Aid Instructor | |||
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| On the wrong side of the Mobius strip  |
Ewe, yew, and you. | |||
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| That's just the Flomax talking  |
breach, breech sigfreund, you forgot "cite" in your post. | |||
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Member |
Affect / effect The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
I assume they take quarters just like a regular phone.  | |||
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Member |
^ made me lol. Sale/sail Pear/pair/pare Seem/seam | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
By, bye, and buy Blew and blue Add and ad Way, weigh, and Write, right, and riteThis message has been edited. Last edited by: LS1 GTO, Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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Now and Zen |
Fair/Fare ___________________________________________________________________________ "....imitate the action of the Tiger." | |||
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| On the wrong side of the Mobius strip |
Pale and pail. | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
Frequently mis-used on this forum:
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. |
As Redd Foxx used to say, you gotta wash it cuz the nose knows. | |||
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| My other Sig is a Steyr.  |
If you have a muzzle break, that means you need to buy another one. | |||
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| Freethinker |
I actually pronounce those two slightly differently. On the other hand, I pronounce ordnance and ordinance the same, so I suppose one person’s homophone is another’s dialect. Thanks for the other examples. I believe that thus far braise/braze is the pair that I would have been least likely to think of myself. ► 6.4/93.6 ___________ “We are Americans …. Together we have resisted the trap of appeasement, cynicism, and isolation that gives temptation to tyrants.” — George H. W. Bush | |||
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