Turtle Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Homonym - words which sound alike but have different meanings and which may or may not have the same spelling. This is an interesting artifact of one difference between spoken and written language and while sometimes innocuous, homonym errors may altogether change the meaning of the communication. Samples:•since•sense•cents The ever popular:•weather•whether The Title:•heirs•airs•errors Your favorite, or ones you love to hate?•?•?•? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edella Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Having a spell-checker definitely helps me get my points across better, but it doesn't help a poor speller like me look too bright when screwing-up words like: censer - incense holder censor - bad person who fears knowledge. :ebomb: sensor - a device which detects elude - to escape illude - to deceive elicit - to draw out illicit - unlawful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted October 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Having a spell-checker definitely helps me get my points across better, but it doesn't help a poor speller like me look too bright when screwing-up words like: censer - incense holder censor - bad person who fears knowledge. :kiss: sensor - a device which detects Exactly! Whether using an electronic spell check or a hard-copy dictionary, such errors as these creep in. On the face they appear as spelling errors, but at the root they are errors of grammatical usage. Part of my interest in this class is actually employing them purposefully for comic or poetic effect. In some cases this gives the common double entendre, but I can find no word to describe more than two entendres (entendre - French for "meaning") and for me the more the merrier.For example in the title of this thread, substituting "airs" or "errors" for "heirs" broadens the possible interpretations. For this to have the effect I intend, the communication must be read as the multi-entendre is lost if the passage is simply heard.•herd•heard:kiss: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 ToTwoToo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamous Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Pale: ........of a whitish or colorless complexionPale: ........a pointed stake used in fencesPail: .........a cylindrical container, usually with a handle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 * Grate - as in, cheese or road rash or get on someone's nerves* Grate - as in, a furnishing for a fireplace* Grate - as in, some combination of bars, usually made of iron, to prevent objects from getting through * Great - as in, many members on this site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamous Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Desert: To abandon or to forsakeDesert: wilderness or uninhabited regionDesert: deserving rewardDessert: pronounced exactly like Desert but defined as the last portion of a meal, usually sweet in nature. Thanks to the watchful eye of my friend Turtle this post has been edited to correct a mistake I made in it's first publication. Thank you sir Turtle, very good eyesight for a reptile 'I must say' ..........................Infy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamous Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Weather: conditions in the atmosphereWhether: if it be the caseWither: to what place......................Infy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Peace /forums/images/smilies/banana_sign.gif Piece Peas /forums/images/smilies/mad_2.gif Chacmool 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamous Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Post: A piece of wood or metal etc., set upright to support a building, sign, etc.Post: The place where a soldier, guard, etc. is stationed.Post: The mailPost: After in time, later. .....................Infy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted October 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Then we have the further confusion of mispronunciation to stir the homonym mix. Psuedo-homonyms?:hyper: affecteffect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ughaibu Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 In japanese this can be a problem as there's a large vocabulary but few sounds. 'iruka iru ka' - is there a dolphin? 'doitsu ga doitsu ka' - which is the German? 'kaeru kaeru ga kaeru' - I can buy a pet frog etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moo Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 fly - (noun) A winged insect.fly - (noun) A garment fastener on your pants.fly - (noun) A type of ball (in baseball).fly - (verb) To display a flag.fly - (verb) What a plane does in the air.fly - (verb) What a pilot does (requires a plane). moo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigDog Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 I believe the word set has the most definitions of any word in the english language. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigDog Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 Die - Shuffle off the mortal coilDie - A shaped cutting deviceDie - Singular of DiceDye - to color something permanently Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwes99_03 Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 I never knew that homonym meant both homograph and homophone (two new terms I just learned).I think grammatical errors would center around homophones, that is words that sound the same but have different spelling (their, there, they're). Interesting homograph - POT - meaning vessel and marijuana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigDog Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 Perhaps my favorites are... Raise - to lift up or buildRaze - to burn to the ground :D Bill Chacmool 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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