Homophones

wolfgang59

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Posers and Puzzles

22 Mar 09

wolfgang59

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RHP Arms

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22 Mar 09

same sound different spelling right?

can you think of a homophone with 4 spellings?
(I have 1 but feel sure there are others)

Is there a homophone with more than 4 spellings?

MCA

TokerSmurf

Bonnie Scotland

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22 Mar 09

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
same sound different spelling right?

can you think of a homophone with 4 spellings?
(I have 1 but feel sure there are others)

Is there a homophone with more than 4 spellings?

i thought of one but dont know if i got it right 😉

oh wait - you said MORE than 4 - bugger ...

... ok ignore this post 🙁

wolfgang59

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22 Mar 09

Right you are but are there others and can it be beaten?

Thomaster

ALG

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22 Mar 09

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Right you are but are there others and can it be beaten?

I bet there are more in French 🙂

Uries

Joined: 22 Sep 06
Moves: 1707

23 Mar 09

Does - ay
- aye
- eye
- I

Count as four or three? My dictionary lists ay and aye as seperate words with the same meaning.

forkedknight

Defend the Universe

127.0.0.1

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23 Mar 09

carat
carrot
caret
karat

forkedknight

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23 Mar 09

I did a google search for homophones, and the only one with five I found is:

so
sew
sow
sough
soh (alt. sp. for sol)

wolfgang59

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23 Mar 09

Originally posted by forkedknight
I did a google search for homophones, and the only one with five I found is:

so
sew
sow
sough
soh (alt. sp. for sol)

Nice one! Never heard of sough (Derbyshire drainage ditch?) and had not thought of soh as alternative to sol.

Give that man a banana!

Surely 5 cannot be beaten? (or equalled!)