Talk:Homophone
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[edit] "...vivid example,..."
It might be vivid, if I could decipher it.
Hopiakuta 23:20, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Explanation
He died at 40 odd years, in his berth (of a ship? of a train?), someone told the sexton who then rang the bell.
Homonyms in use are "berth/birth", "tolled/told". It doesn't make sense to say that "his death which happened in his birth", so the listener has to do a mental retalk. It makes a little more sense to say the sexton "told" the bell, but again we have to do the double take and translate it as "tolled" (announcing his death).
Jarich 13:45, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pronunciation
sore/saw
In some places, these are indeed two words that are pronounced the same. However, people with the "Chicago" or "no accent" do not pronounce these words the same. Saw is not said with an "r" sound in it. This example should be eliminated to avoid confusing some users. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.121.65.30 (talk) 15:25, 6 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Interesting reference
Homonyms - Due Ewe No Witch Whirred Qualifies
[edit] Removed examples
I have removed the following.
- do, due
- weather, whether
- which, witch
- whirred, word
These are not homphones for everyone. Jimp 00:50, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Homophones and accents
As previous users have pointed out, what are homophones to some are not homophones to others. I think it is necessary to organise the list based on accents.
"Saw" and "sore" are only homophones to non-rhotic speakers.
A pronounciation key should also be included when discussing homophones.
Socrates17 22:52, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
- Here are some for me (Location: Northeast United States)
- bouy (boo-ee) and boy (boi) — I've never met anyone who pronounced bouy "boy" before
- flower (flou-wer) and flour (flou-er) — common pronunciation here, at least, has a distinct "w" sound in flower.
- red (red) and read (red) — could we also include reed (reed) and read (reed)?
- bury (burr-ee) and berry (bair-ee) — once again, not the same (for me at least)
71.235.66.254 02:50, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
