Homophones
Arrrgggghhhh.... homophones are driving me crazy! It all started at Christmas, when my whole extended family was sitting at a restaurant, and we started naming sets of homophones (words that sound the same, mean different things, and are spelled differently). And I started recording them, and now I can't quit...
:look And I am up to 393 sets of homophones :look
The rules are:
1. No contractions (EDIT: Remove this rule; replace with "no words from other languages, unless they don't have a commonly used English translation." For example -- no using "eau" as a homophone for "oh." This one will definitely involve some judgement calls, I know... which leads to Rule 1 1/2.
1 1/2. Egere is the Supreme Arbiter of Homophone Usage -- the SAHU! All bow down and pay homage to the SAHU!!!!! :P END EDIT)
2. No "doubling up" by using plural, -ed, -ing, etc. -- unless doing so creates a totally new homophone set. For example, "plain-plane" is one, but then I can't use "plains-planes" as another. On the other hand, I can use the plural "sighs" to pair with "size."
3. No proper nouns.
4. "Wh" does not equal "w" -- "which" and "witch" are not homophones.
5. Ummm, there might be some more rules that I've forgotten; if so, I'll put 'em in when I think of 'em!
So, if I can successfully accomplish my first LJ-cut, I shall include here my list as it currently stands:
absence-absents
accept-except
accidence-accidents
acre-acher
acts-axe
ad-add
addition-edition
affect-effect
aid-aide
air-ere-err-heir
airy-aerie
aisle-isle-I’ll
all-awl
ant-aunt
arc-ark
arce-arse
assistance-assistants
ate-eight
aught-ought
away-aweigh
aye-eye-I
bail-bale
bald-balled-bawled
ball-bawl
band-banned
bar-barre
bare-bear
baron-barren
basal-basil
base-bass
based-baste
be-bee
beach-beech
beat-beet
beau-bow
been-bin
beer-bier
bell-belle
berry-bury
berth-birth
bite-byte
blew-blue
boar-boor-bore
board-bored
boarder-border
bolder-boulder
bole-bowl
born-borne
bough-bow
brake-break
bread-bred
breast-brest
brewed-brood
bussed-bust
but-butt
buy-by-bye
cache-cash
caesar-seizer
call-caul
cane-cain-kane-kain
cannon-canon
canter-cantor
capital-capitol
carel-carol
caret-carrot-karat
caries-carries
cart-carte
cast-caste
cede-seed
ceiling-sealing
cell-sell
cellar-seller
cent-scent-sent
cents-scents-sense
cereal-serial
chary-cherry
chased-chaste
cheap-cheep
chews-choose
chili-chilly
choir-quire
choral-coral
chorale-corral
chord-cord-cored
cite-sight-site
clause-claws
clench-clinch
click-clique
climb-clime
close-cloze-(clothes?)
coarse-course
coffer-cougher
collard-collared
colonel-kernel
complement-compliment
coo-coup
coop-coupe
cops-copse
core-corps
cosign-cosine
council-counsel
crewel-cruel
cue-queue
currant-current
cymbal-symbol
dairy-derry
dam-damn
days-daze
dear-deer
dental-dentil
desert-dessert
dew-do
die-dye
dike-dyke
doc-dock
doe-dough
done-dun
draft-draught
drier-dryer
earn-urn
emanent-imminent
ewe-yew-you
ewel-you’ll-yule
ewer-you’re
fain-feign
faint-feint
fair-fare
fairy-ferry
fate-fete
faun-fawn
faux-foe
faze-phase
feat-feet
fiance-fiancee
fir-fur
flair-flare
flea-flee
flew-flu-flue
floe-flow
flour-flower
for-fore-four
foreword-forward
forth-fourth
foul-fowl
frees-freeze-frieze
friar-fryer
garde-guard
genes-jeans
gilled-guild
gilt-guilt
gnome-nome
gorilla-guerrilla
grade-grayed
grate-great
grays-graze
greave-grieve
groan-grown
guise-guys
hail-hale
hair-hare
hairy-harry
hall-haul
halve-have
hart-heart
hay-hey
hays-haze
heal-heel
hear-here
heard-herd
hertz-hurts
hie-high
higher-hire
him-hymn
hoar-whore
hoard-whored
hoarse-horse
hoc-hock
hole-whole
holey-holy-wholly
hour-our
idle-idol-idyll
in-inn
incidence-incidents
kill-kiln
knap-nap
knave-nave
knead-kneed-need
knew-new
knight-night
knit-nit
knot-not
know-no
knows-nose
lacks-lax
lade-laid
lain-lane
lam-lamb
laps-lapse
lay-lei
lea-lee
lead-led
leak-leek
lean-lien
leased-least
lentil-lintel
lessen-lesson
lesser-lessor
liar-lyre
lie-lye
lieu-loo
limb-limn
links-lynx
lo-low
load-lode-lowed
loan-lone
locks-lox
loot-lute
made-maid
mail-male
main-mane
maize-maze
mall-maul
manner-manor
many-mini
marry-merry
massed-mast
mean-mien
meant-mint
meat-meet-mete
medal-meddle
metal-mettle
mews-muse
might-mite
missed-mist
misses-missus
missile-mistle
miter-mitre
moat-mote
molding-moulding
moor-more
moose-mousse
morn-mourn
muscle-mussel
naval-navel
nay-nee-neigh
oar-or-ore
one-won
pail-pale
pain-pane
pair-pare-pear
passed-past
patience-patients
pea-pee
peace-piece
peak-peek-pique
peal-peel
pearl-purl
pedal-peddle-petal
peer-pier
pend-penned
per-purr
pi-pie
picks-pyx
picnic-pyknic
pistle-pistol
plain-plane
plait-plate
pleas-please
plum-plumb
pocks-pox
pole-poll
poor-pore-pour
pray-prey
presence-presents
pries-prise-prize
prince-prints
principal-principle
proud-prowed
psalter-salter
rain-reign-rein
raise-rays-raze
rap-wrap
rapped-rapt-wrapped
rappel-repel
read-red
read-reed
real-reel
reck-wreck
reek-wreak
retch-wretch
rheumy-roomy
rhyme-rime
right-rite-wright-write
ring-wring
road-rode-rowed
roes-rose-rows
roil-royal
role-roll
rote-wrote
rough-ruff
rout-route
rude-rued
rye-wry
sac-sack
sail-sale
scene-seen
sea-see
seam-seem
seamen-semen
sear-sere
seas-seize
serf-surf
serge-surge
sew-so-sow
sewer-suer (?)
shake-sheik
shear-sheer
shoe-shoo
shone-shown
sic-sick
sign-sine
slay-sleigh
sleight-slight
soar-sore
sol-sole-soul
some-sum
son-sun
spade-spayed
stair-stare
stake-steak
stationary-starionery
steal-steel-stele
storeys-stories
suite-sweet
summary-summery
surplice-surplus
tacks-tax
tail-tale
tare-tear
tarry-terry
taught-taut
tea-tee
team-teem
tear-tier
tearable-terrible
teas-tease-tees
tense-tents
tensile-tinsel
tern-turn
thyme-time
tic-tick
tide-tied
their-there-they’re
throes-throws
to-too-two
toad-toed-towed
tole-toll
tool-tulle
use-yews
vain-vane-vein
vary-very
wail-wale
wain-wane
waist-waste
waive-wave
waiver-waver
war-wore
warn-worn
ware-wear
way-weigh
we’d-weed
we’ll-weal
weird-wyrd
wheal-wheel
wind-wined
wood-would
yore-your-you’re
Well, the columns didn't come out, but what the heck...
:look And I am up to 393 sets of homophones :look
The rules are:
1. No contractions (EDIT: Remove this rule; replace with "no words from other languages, unless they don't have a commonly used English translation." For example -- no using "eau" as a homophone for "oh." This one will definitely involve some judgement calls, I know... which leads to Rule 1 1/2.
1 1/2. Egere is the Supreme Arbiter of Homophone Usage -- the SAHU! All bow down and pay homage to the SAHU!!!!! :P END EDIT)
2. No "doubling up" by using plural, -ed, -ing, etc. -- unless doing so creates a totally new homophone set. For example, "plain-plane" is one, but then I can't use "plains-planes" as another. On the other hand, I can use the plural "sighs" to pair with "size."
3. No proper nouns.
4. "Wh" does not equal "w" -- "which" and "witch" are not homophones.
5. Ummm, there might be some more rules that I've forgotten; if so, I'll put 'em in when I think of 'em!
So, if I can successfully accomplish my first LJ-cut, I shall include here my list as it currently stands:
absence-absents
accept-except
accidence-accidents
acre-acher
acts-axe
ad-add
addition-edition
affect-effect
aid-aide
air-ere-err-heir
airy-aerie
aisle-isle-I’ll
all-awl
ant-aunt
arc-ark
arce-arse
assistance-assistants
ate-eight
aught-ought
away-aweigh
aye-eye-I
bail-bale
bald-balled-bawled
ball-bawl
band-banned
bar-barre
bare-bear
baron-barren
basal-basil
base-bass
based-baste
be-bee
beach-beech
beat-beet
beau-bow
been-bin
beer-bier
bell-belle
berry-bury
berth-birth
bite-byte
blew-blue
boar-boor-bore
board-bored
boarder-border
bolder-boulder
bole-bowl
born-borne
bough-bow
brake-break
bread-bred
breast-brest
brewed-brood
bussed-bust
but-butt
buy-by-bye
cache-cash
caesar-seizer
call-caul
cane-cain-kane-kain
cannon-canon
canter-cantor
capital-capitol
carel-carol
caret-carrot-karat
caries-carries
cart-carte
cast-caste
cede-seed
ceiling-sealing
cell-sell
cellar-seller
cent-scent-sent
cents-scents-sense
cereal-serial
chary-cherry
chased-chaste
cheap-cheep
chews-choose
chili-chilly
choir-quire
choral-coral
chorale-corral
chord-cord-cored
cite-sight-site
clause-claws
clench-clinch
click-clique
climb-clime
close-cloze-(clothes?)
coarse-course
coffer-cougher
collard-collared
colonel-kernel
complement-compliment
coo-coup
coop-coupe
cops-copse
core-corps
cosign-cosine
council-counsel
crewel-cruel
cue-queue
currant-current
cymbal-symbol
dairy-derry
dam-damn
days-daze
dear-deer
dental-dentil
desert-dessert
dew-do
die-dye
dike-dyke
doc-dock
doe-dough
done-dun
draft-draught
drier-dryer
earn-urn
emanent-imminent
ewe-yew-you
ewel-you’ll-yule
ewer-you’re
fain-feign
faint-feint
fair-fare
fairy-ferry
fate-fete
faun-fawn
faux-foe
faze-phase
feat-feet
fiance-fiancee
fir-fur
flair-flare
flea-flee
flew-flu-flue
floe-flow
flour-flower
for-fore-four
foreword-forward
forth-fourth
foul-fowl
frees-freeze-frieze
friar-fryer
garde-guard
genes-jeans
gilled-guild
gilt-guilt
gnome-nome
gorilla-guerrilla
grade-grayed
grate-great
grays-graze
greave-grieve
groan-grown
guise-guys
hail-hale
hair-hare
hairy-harry
hall-haul
halve-have
hart-heart
hay-hey
hays-haze
heal-heel
hear-here
heard-herd
hertz-hurts
hie-high
higher-hire
him-hymn
hoar-whore
hoard-whored
hoarse-horse
hoc-hock
hole-whole
holey-holy-wholly
hour-our
idle-idol-idyll
in-inn
incidence-incidents
kill-kiln
knap-nap
knave-nave
knead-kneed-need
knew-new
knight-night
knit-nit
knot-not
know-no
knows-nose
lacks-lax
lade-laid
lain-lane
lam-lamb
laps-lapse
lay-lei
lea-lee
lead-led
leak-leek
lean-lien
leased-least
lentil-lintel
lessen-lesson
lesser-lessor
liar-lyre
lie-lye
lieu-loo
limb-limn
links-lynx
lo-low
load-lode-lowed
loan-lone
locks-lox
loot-lute
made-maid
mail-male
main-mane
maize-maze
mall-maul
manner-manor
many-mini
marry-merry
massed-mast
mean-mien
meant-mint
meat-meet-mete
medal-meddle
metal-mettle
mews-muse
might-mite
missed-mist
misses-missus
missile-mistle
miter-mitre
moat-mote
molding-moulding
moor-more
moose-mousse
morn-mourn
muscle-mussel
naval-navel
nay-nee-neigh
oar-or-ore
one-won
pail-pale
pain-pane
pair-pare-pear
passed-past
patience-patients
pea-pee
peace-piece
peak-peek-pique
peal-peel
pearl-purl
pedal-peddle-petal
peer-pier
pend-penned
per-purr
pi-pie
picks-pyx
picnic-pyknic
pistle-pistol
plain-plane
plait-plate
pleas-please
plum-plumb
pocks-pox
pole-poll
poor-pore-pour
pray-prey
presence-presents
pries-prise-prize
prince-prints
principal-principle
proud-prowed
psalter-salter
rain-reign-rein
raise-rays-raze
rap-wrap
rapped-rapt-wrapped
rappel-repel
read-red
read-reed
real-reel
reck-wreck
reek-wreak
retch-wretch
rheumy-roomy
rhyme-rime
right-rite-wright-write
ring-wring
road-rode-rowed
roes-rose-rows
roil-royal
role-roll
rote-wrote
rough-ruff
rout-route
rude-rued
rye-wry
sac-sack
sail-sale
scene-seen
sea-see
seam-seem
seamen-semen
sear-sere
seas-seize
serf-surf
serge-surge
sew-so-sow
sewer-suer (?)
shake-sheik
shear-sheer
shoe-shoo
shone-shown
sic-sick
sign-sine
slay-sleigh
sleight-slight
soar-sore
sol-sole-soul
some-sum
son-sun
spade-spayed
stair-stare
stake-steak
stationary-starionery
steal-steel-stele
storeys-stories
suite-sweet
summary-summery
surplice-surplus
tacks-tax
tail-tale
tare-tear
tarry-terry
taught-taut
tea-tee
team-teem
tear-tier
tearable-terrible
teas-tease-tees
tense-tents
tensile-tinsel
tern-turn
thyme-time
tic-tick
tide-tied
their-there-they’re
throes-throws
to-too-two
toad-toed-towed
tole-toll
tool-tulle
use-yews
vain-vane-vein
vary-very
wail-wale
wain-wane
waist-waste
waive-wave
waiver-waver
war-wore
warn-worn
ware-wear
way-weigh
we’d-weed
we’ll-weal
weird-wyrd
wheal-wheel
wind-wined
wood-would
yore-your-you’re
Well, the columns didn't come out, but what the heck...