The Spiked Skull Blog » Random http://spikedskull.com/blog Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:27:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3670 Fun with Heteronyms http://spikedskull.com/blog/2010/04/19/fun-with-heteronyms/ http://spikedskull.com/blog/2010/04/19/fun-with-heteronyms/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:44:27 +0000 Tommy Gun http://spikedskull.com/blog/?p=157 Heteronyms are words with the same spelling, but different pronunciation/meaning. My friend and I were trying to come up with sentences that can be interpreted two different ways; here are a few of mine (italics on the heteronyms):

The President’s handwriting was sloppy on the treaty, so he resigned.

Hand me that sakazuki, for Christ’s sake!

The tailoring on my new shirt was terrible, so I stuffed it in the sewer.

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Wait, so, uh…should we cross? Everyone is shopping on this side.

]]> http://spikedskull.com/blog/2010/01/27/confusing-sign/feed/ 0 How is a Corvus like an escritoire? http://spikedskull.com/blog/2009/07/08/how-is-a-corvus-like-an-escritoire/ http://spikedskull.com/blog/2009/07/08/how-is-a-corvus-like-an-escritoire/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:41:38 +0000 Tommy Gun http://spikedskull.com/blog/?p=123 My relatives were visiting this week, so I took the train out to the suburbs to see them. The next day they drove me back to Chicago, and during the car ride my aunt and uncle were discussing the difference between gregarious and loquacious.

I wish I could hang out with them all the time.

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