Originally posted by arcwelder76: What if it is insensitive?
March 17, 2019, 08:30 AM
clubleaf206
quote:
Originally posted by YooperSigs: Paul.... And pawl!
And pall.
___________________________________________________________________________ "....imitate the action of the Tiger."
March 17, 2019, 09:07 AM
cne32507
This is fun. Some people are really lose with their grammar. Did they loose their way?
March 18, 2019, 08:29 AM
just1tym
Lie-lye Die-dye
Regards, Will G.
March 18, 2019, 07:36 PM
egregore
Palate, palette and pallet.
March 18, 2019, 11:56 PM
TGC140
At our pharmacy, we are required to wave at the pharmacist if we want to waive consultation about the prescription.
March 20, 2019, 11:37 AM
arfmel
Rain/reign
March 20, 2019, 12:14 PM
sigfreund
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Originally posted by arfmel: Rain/reign
And rein. Thanks for noticing that; I was about to post that example myself.
► 6.4/93.6
“Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.” — Plato
March 23, 2019, 02:06 AM
egregore
Insure/ensure.
April 14, 2019, 11:29 PM
egregore
Role and roll have different roles.
April 14, 2019, 11:56 PM
V-Tail
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Originally posted by egregore:
Insure/ensure.
For the most part, these two words can be used interchangeably.
quote:
From the dictionary app on my Mac:
ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the sense ‘assure someone of something’): alteration of ensure. usage: There is considerable overlap between the meaning and use of insure and ensure. In both US and British English, the primary meaning of insure is the commercial sense of providing financial compensation in the event of damage to property; ensure is not used at all in this sense. For the more general senses, ensure is more likely to be used, but insure and ensure are often interchangeable, particularly in US English: bail is posted to insure that the defendant appears for trial | the system is run to ensure that a good quality of service is maintained.
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים
April 15, 2019, 12:00 AM
YooperSigs
Lien / Lean
End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
April 16, 2019, 02:57 AM
egregore
Leach/leech. Chemicals leach out. A leech is a bloodsucking parasite (can be animal or human).This message has been edited. Last edited by: egregore,
April 16, 2019, 07:41 AM
Sig2340
I think the gender-normative newspeak is "gayphones," "cis-gayphones," and "trans-gayphones" which are not to be confused with the anti-gender-normative anti-newspeak word "gaydar."
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
April 16, 2019, 09:19 AM
henryaz
Not really a homophone, but a sound-alike, it irks (and amuses) me to see ads in the classifieds for a Chevy with a "12 volt rear". That's a problem with outsourcing the call-takers for the ads.
When in doubt, mumble
April 25, 2019, 05:38 AM
arfmel
Sheer/shear
April 25, 2019, 06:15 AM
egregore
Who's/whose. Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Virginia Woolf, whose name is well known.
April 25, 2019, 11:32 AM
Georgeair
You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02
April 25, 2019, 04:07 PM
az4783054
which/witch due/do/dew
Texting and craigslist are to blame.
Beware of a man whose only pistol is a 1911, he's probably very good with it.
April 25, 2019, 05:45 PM
egregore
quote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:
quote:
Originally posted by egregore:
Insure/ensure.
For the most part, these two words can be used interchangeably.[QUOTE]
There is some overlap, all right, but I question the "for the most part" part.
