Speeking Engleeesh...

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

General

14 Jan 10

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

USA

Joined: 14 Jul 07
Moves: 43012

14 Jan 10

Speeking Engleeesh Ain't for Sissies

Night and Knight.

Verses and Versus.

Stock and Stalk.

Bread and Bred.

Band and Banned.

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uzless

The So Fist

Voice of Reason

Joined: 28 Mar 06
Moves: 9908

14 Jan 10

chicky fly lice

Mimor

Joined: 10 Apr 06
Moves: 19564

14 Jan 10

An entire thread to point out that homophones exist? *sigh*

Here: http://www.all-about-spelling.com/list-of-homophones.html

Now we're done.

ich binimKopfweg

Joined: 10 Jan 10
Moves: 1589

14 Jan 10

hair & hare

waste & waist

see & sea

you & ewe

not & knot

to, too & two

sun & son

Knew & new

wait & weight

paul1

London

Joined: 15 May 03
Moves: 198388

14 Jan 10

Wear and Where
Mews and Muse
Whine and Wine
Flair and Flare
Board and Bored

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Joined: 12 Nov 05
Moves: 145614

14 Jan 10

slightly off topic but this sentence always cracks me up

He still steals steel

(try saying that sentence - i can't)

Very Rusty

Treat Everyone Equal

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Joined: 04 Oct 06
Moves: 639731

14 Jan 10

Originally posted by Silverstriker
slightly off topic but this sentence always cracks me up

He still steals steel

(try saying that sentence - i can't)

May I suggest you get in touch with a Speech therapist?

Sicilian Sausage

In your face

Joined: 21 Aug 04
Moves: 55993

14 Jan 10

Originally posted by Silverstriker
slightly off topic but this sentence always cracks me up

He still steals steel

(try saying that sentence - i can't)

I've had a couple of pints too. Ha ha ha

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Joined: 12 Nov 05
Moves: 145614

14 Jan 10

Originally posted by Very Rusty
May I suggest you get in touch with a Speech therapist?

Your suggestion is noted and will be taken into consideration

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Joined: 12 Nov 05
Moves: 145614

14 Jan 10

Originally posted by jimslyp69
I've had a couple of pints too. Ha ha ha

🙂 Trying to explain that sentence to an international student at uni was really difficult (and as always at uni we had been drinking lol)

Very Rusty

Treat Everyone Equal

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Joined: 04 Oct 06
Moves: 639731

14 Jan 10

Originally posted by Silverstriker
Your suggestion is noted and will be taken into consideration

What no Rec for it?

Does this mean you will be thinking about it, and getting back to me on it?

zm775

Auckland

Joined: 20 Jun 09
Moves: 26341

15 Jan 10

Originally posted by Silverstriker
🙂 Trying to explain that sentence to an international student at uni was really difficult (and as always at uni we had been drinking lol)

Striker - I just do not understand new maths - when I went to school a few decades ago it was the three R's.

2+2 =4 Now you have to prove it - I cannot teach my 6 y/o grandchild maths.

In my day, you learned your times table and if you didn't know them, you held your hand out.

Times have changed.

Bosse de Nage

Zellulärer Automat

Spiel des Lebens

Joined: 27 Jan 05
Moves: 90892

15 Jan 10

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby

Stock and Stalk.

This is not a homophone for non American English speakers. But your mentioning it shows that the title of the show 'Silk Stalkings' wasn't quite as bad as I thought.

Same as dot, dart, tot, tart, etc don't rhyme.

Does 'thought', for you, rhyme with 'fart'?

FabianFnas

Joined: 11 Nov 05
Moves: 43938

15 Jan 10

Originally posted by paul1
Wear and Where
Mews and Muse
Whine and Wine
Flair and Flare
Board and Bored

There, their, they're
your, you're
it's, its
common misspellings by english speakers

Diophantus

Up a

gumtree

Joined: 13 Jan 10
Moves: 5151

15 Jan 10

What does mean mean? I can think of at least three meanings.