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Fredward
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Isle vs Aisle. Kroger has aisles. Gilligan lived on an isle.
 
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^^^^
I'll have to get back to you on that.



Set the controls for the heart of the Sun.
 
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Don't let improper use of phase faze you
 
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arfmel
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Waist vs. waste

Manner vs. manor
 
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Originally posted by V-Tail:
..'for all intensive porpoises.'"


I've said that for many many decades. I think it was in some long gone comic strip way back in the day.


I thought it was: For all intents and purposes.
 
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egregore
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This one irks me: reign in vs. rein in. Reign is to rule over, reins control a horse.




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.38supersig
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But can you pare a pair of pears?




 
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This one irks me: reign in vs. rein in. Reign is to rule over, reins control a horse.




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This is real 'pun'ishment!!



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egregore
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^
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Is that an umbrella term?
 
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egregore
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Jibe vs. jive. Jive is what you call Barbara Billingsley over to translate. Jibe is agreement or accordance with previously established facts.
 
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RINO vs. Rhino.


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egregore
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I shudder to think how often shutter is misused.

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trapper189
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Damp, damper, dampen, dampener. Not really homophones, but still confusing.
 
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Preven(ta)tive


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83v45magna
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The whole thing is just mindbottling.

Didn't Norm Crosby base his entire schtick on this sort of thing?

'He's so dumb he can't even resuscitate Einstein's fear of relatives.'
 
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I taught my kids about these words early on. Fred Gwynne wrote a kid's book called "The King Who Rained" that was very helpful, and pretty funny as well.
 
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Sat through an interview on Friday with a woman with 15 years of HR experience (interviewing for an HR role)...kept using the word "irregardless".

Like nails on a chalkboard. She used it 8 times.
 
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Fly-Sig
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Damp, damper, dampen, dampener. Not really homophones, but still confusing.


Homophonia, not that there's anything wrong with that.
 
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arfmel
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Cord vs. chord
 
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