Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Homophone, Of Sorts

Whale Oil Beef Hooked.

(say it really fast)

6 comments:

Sophia said...

I figured it out...

Frankengirl: think Irish.

Sven said...

It's an exclamation. Speak as if you're using an Irish or Scottish accent.

There are actually two types of homonyms-homophones and homographs. Homophones sound the same but are spelled differently (night-knight), homographs are spelled the same but pronounced differently (lead-lead), with different meanings of course.

I learned this on The Word Nerds podcast. This is one of my favorite podcasts. If only there was a companions show called The Grammar Nerds.

Charlie said...

I still haven't figured it out. Call me stupid, if you want.

And what's all this about phoning hom?

Rhonda said...

Haha...we're doomed.

Attila the Mom said...

Damn, it took me all day to figure this one out!

Don't I feel like a dummy. ;-)

Good one!

sissy said...

What does it mean that i got it instantly? Of course I am half Irish, maybe that helped? Hee Hee Hee...