homophones

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Put your thinking caps on

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382555) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Mar 21

Here is a little quiz for you. It concerns homophones which are words which sound the same but have different meanings. They are usually spelt differently but not always. Examples are beat/beet, rite/right, days/daze. Homophones...

cryptic crosswords

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Weird Word Wednesday- Homophone

Diana B. @BloggerDi (3121) • United States 30 Sep 20

I learned this word years ago, probably in 4th or 5th grade. I saw it tonight and it was familiar, but I didn't remember its exact meaning. Many English words are homophones. Some of them are more commonly misused than others....

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31 Day Writing Tips - Day 12

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 12 May 19

Welcome to today's topic - Typos. You might think typos are easy to spot especially if the word is misspelled. However, what about words that aren't misspelled and are still typos. Spellchecker won't catch those...

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Rapt Wrapped Rapped

PsalmOneCares @everwonderwhy (7355) 29 Mar 19

Homophones are fun to write. I'm rapt with bright ideas for the day. Here's some rapped up satire in a limerick. *** There is a raft named Dufus He thinks he’s Lucas He wrapped himself with moss Rapped away some dross Lost...

limerick poetry

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Heterographic Homophones

pgn @pgntwo (22405) • Derry, Northern Ireland 30 Sep 17

Something jolted a memory today, probably an automatic correction of someone misusing "youse" instead of "you", a common occurrence hereabouts. Before long, a newspaper-style headline was rattling around my head: [b]Youse ewes...

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Deserts? Desserts?

Modestah @Modestah (11177) • United States 13 Aug 07

has anyone noticed that this "interest" is titled Deserts, yet the photo representing it (at least on my account) is a delicious pie. Is this a food interest or a climate interest section?

deserts dry arrid climate