Yami no Hitokiri
Nobody flame me! The misspellings above are intentional.
Homophones, what are they and why should we care about them? Well, for those who don't know, homophones are two words that are pronounced the same, but are spelled differently and mean different things.
There are the more common ones such as "right", "rite" and "write", "to", "too" and "two", etc. as well as many others.
I've seen many posts on Gaia that confuse the words and must admit that I'm guilty of doing so myself, particularly when I'm in a hurry. To that end, I've made up a list of homophones and have defined them. I hope this list is a help to anyone who's confused by these little monsters. As always, feel free to add your own!
bare, bear
His He wore no shirt, so his chest was bare.
That grizzly bear looks hungry. Get the rifle, Ma!
fare, fair
How will you fare with no money?
Why does Johnny get a pony and not I? That's not fair!
heal, heel
His wounds need time to heal after that huge battle.
That stupid dog bit my heel, so I kicked it to death.
hear, here
I can't hear you very well. Could you speak up?
Here we are. He has to come here.
heard, herd
Have you heard the new Gorillaz song yet?
Triceratops was a dinosaur that lived in a herd.
hoar, whore
The snow was the color of hoar.
That girl who slept with 15 different guys in one night was a big whore.
hour, our
I'll meet you there in an hour. An hour contains 60 minutes.
This is our car. Get your own!
knight, night
Sir Lancelot, the great knight rode in on his coal-black steed to win the maiden fair.
We waken by day and sleep by night.
meat, meet
I have friends who are vegetarian. They eat only vegetables and never eat meat.
I'd love to meet that movie star and get his autograph.
new, knew
This is a new computer.
He knew his math very well.
no, know
No, you may not have a cookie!
I don't know what you're talking about.
pain, pane
The burns cause me a lot of pain.
The paint on the window pane is chipped.
pair, pare, pear
He's missing one shoe of the pair.
I'll pare the skin from the apple so I can just eat the flesh.
I hate pears. They're too grainy!
rite, right, write
Getting one's license at 16 is the closest thing young people have to a rite of passage in this capitalist civilization of ours.
Turn right at the corner.
I have rights, you filthy government tyrants!
I'm right. You're wrong!
Can you write a story? Your handwriting sucks.
sale, sail
I got a great deal on a new AMD FX computer that was on sale for half off.
That boat has a tear in its it's sail.
site, sight
I have my own site on the Internet. Never enter a construction site without a hard hat.
Get out of my sight. The very sight of you disgusts me. I need glasses to correct my sight.
steal, steel
That no-good kid looks like he would steal a little old lady's purse just to get her last $20.
A car is three tons of steel barreling down on unwary pedestrians.
tale, tail
You believe in a tale instead of sound doctrine!
Why'd you cut off that puppy's tail?
there, their, they're
He is over there. There it is.
This is their car. Let's go to their house.
They're in the way! They're a bunch of idiots.
to, too, two
Let's go to the store. It took all my strength to lift that car.
He is too nice. She was in the bedroom too.
There are two puppies instead of just one.
where, wear
Where are you?
Are you going to wear that same old outfit?
you, ewe, yew
Who are you? I am me and you are you.
Look at that pretty little ewe and her spring lamb.
He is sleeping under the yew tree.
Homophones, what are they and why should we care about them? Well, for those who don't know, homophones are two words that are pronounced the same, but are spelled differently and mean different things.
There are the more common ones such as "right", "rite" and "write", "to", "too" and "two", etc. as well as many others.
I've seen many posts on Gaia that confuse the words and must admit that I'm guilty of doing so myself, particularly when I'm in a hurry. To that end, I've made up a list of homophones and have defined them. I hope this list is a help to anyone who's confused by these little monsters. As always, feel free to add your own!
bare, bear
His He wore no shirt, so his chest was bare.
That grizzly bear looks hungry. Get the rifle, Ma!
fare, fair
How will you fare with no money?
Why does Johnny get a pony and not I? That's not fair!
heal, heel
His wounds need time to heal after that huge battle.
That stupid dog bit my heel, so I kicked it to death.
hear, here
I can't hear you very well. Could you speak up?
Here we are. He has to come here.
heard, herd
Have you heard the new Gorillaz song yet?
Triceratops was a dinosaur that lived in a herd.
hoar, whore
The snow was the color of hoar.
That girl who slept with 15 different guys in one night was a big whore.
hour, our
I'll meet you there in an hour. An hour contains 60 minutes.
This is our car. Get your own!
knight, night
Sir Lancelot, the great knight rode in on his coal-black steed to win the maiden fair.
We waken by day and sleep by night.
meat, meet
I have friends who are vegetarian. They eat only vegetables and never eat meat.
I'd love to meet that movie star and get his autograph.
new, knew
This is a new computer.
He knew his math very well.
no, know
No, you may not have a cookie!
I don't know what you're talking about.
pain, pane
The burns cause me a lot of pain.
The paint on the window pane is chipped.
pair, pare, pear
He's missing one shoe of the pair.
I'll pare the skin from the apple so I can just eat the flesh.
I hate pears. They're too grainy!
rite, right, write
Getting one's license at 16 is the closest thing young people have to a rite of passage in this capitalist civilization of ours.
Turn right at the corner.
I have rights, you filthy government tyrants!
I'm right. You're wrong!
Can you write a story? Your handwriting sucks.
sale, sail
I got a great deal on a new AMD FX computer that was on sale for half off.
That boat has a tear in its it's sail.
site, sight
I have my own site on the Internet. Never enter a construction site without a hard hat.
Get out of my sight. The very sight of you disgusts me. I need glasses to correct my sight.
steal, steel
That no-good kid looks like he would steal a little old lady's purse just to get her last $20.
A car is three tons of steel barreling down on unwary pedestrians.
tale, tail
You believe in a tale instead of sound doctrine!
Why'd you cut off that puppy's tail?
there, their, they're
He is over there. There it is.
This is their car. Let's go to their house.
They're in the way! They're a bunch of idiots.
to, too, two
Let's go to the store. It took all my strength to lift that car.
He is too nice. She was in the bedroom too.
There are two puppies instead of just one.
where, wear
Where are you?
Are you going to wear that same old outfit?
you, ewe, yew
Who are you? I am me and you are you.
Look at that pretty little ewe and her spring lamb.
He is sleeping under the yew tree.
Did anyone else notice these?
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