{"id":11080,"date":"2015-06-20T18:36:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T18:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=11080"},"modified":"2015-06-20T18:36:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T18:36:26","slug":"english-more-homonyms-aka-homophones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/english-more-homonyms-aka-homophones\/","title":{"rendered":"English: more homonyms (aka homophones)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The tutor offers another couple of fun homonyms, or homophones, depending on which dictionary you use.<\/h1>\n

Homonyms are a favoured topic here. Just key homophone or homonym in the search box to bring up a few earlier articles about them.<\/p>\n

As a family, we play Boggle, the old word-find game by Parker Brothers, 1973. Of course, knowing rare words is handy in that context.<\/p>\n

Today, my older son claimed “wale”, asking for a dictionary check. The word turned out to be good: Webster says it means “a ridge on cloth”, like you see with corduroy. So whale and wale are another pair of homonyms for our growing list.<\/p>\n

At the same time, there’s weal, which means (Webster, again) prosperity – as opposed to the much more common wheel.<\/p>\n

Boggle is a great way to cut the hours spent with electronics:)<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/p>\n

Collins Essential Canadian English Dictionary<\/u>, Harper-Collins, 2004.<\/p>\n

Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current English<\/u>, Oxford University Press, 2005.<\/p>\n

Merriam-Webster Dictionary<\/u>, 2004.<\/p>\n

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The tutor offers another couple of fun homonyms, or homophones, depending on which dictionary you use. Homonyms are a favoured topic here. Just key homophone or homonym in the search box to bring up a few earlier articles about them. …<\/p>\n

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