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Posted on 1/6/26 at 9:06 am to fr33manator
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Yes, but if you desert someone in the desert, you don't give them dessert for their just deserts, do you?
Imagine being a non-native English student trying to read and understand this sentence.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 9:08 am to Everyday Is Saturday
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Multiple words for similar ideas: • ask / inquire / request • freedom / liberty • kingly / royal / regal
This is due to them having multiple different lingual sources (though some of these sources have the same root)
quote:
Idioms don’t mean what they say: break the ice.
You lost me here. This is the case in most languages
This post was edited on 1/6/26 at 9:09 am
Posted on 1/6/26 at 9:15 am to Everyday Is Saturday
quote:
ough ? through, though, rough, cough, thought (all different sounds)
To this list you can add, slough. (Pron. Slew) It is used a fair amount in Oregon.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 9:19 am to LCA131
How about plough?
Posted on 1/6/26 at 9:24 am to LCA131
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To this list you can add, slough. (Pron. Slew)
I've heard it pronounced Sluff as well.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 10:14 am to fr33manator
quote:
To this list you can add, slough. (Pron. Slew)
quote:
I've heard it pronounced Sluff as well.
Both are correct:
"Slew" pronunciation of 'slough' is a noun; swampy slow water body.
"Sluff" pronunciation of 'slough' is a verb, basically meaning to shed or cast off something (literally like skin, figuratively like your worries)
Not to mention slew itself can be a verb (killed; the past tense of slay) or as a noun can mean a large amount (that girl has a slew of issues/ the lawyer asked me a slew of questions).
Posted on 1/6/26 at 10:21 am to Jimbeaux
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I’ve got one worse that. How about two words that mean the exact same thing but appear to be opposites. Inflammable and Flammable
Posted on 1/6/26 at 11:10 am to fr33manator
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quote:Multiple words for similar ideas: • ask / inquire / request • freedom / liberty • kingly / royal / regal This is due to them having multiple different lingual sources (though some of these sources have the same root)
This makes English special and extra expressive. Fr33 is a better poet because of it!
Posted on 1/6/26 at 11:16 am to SuperSaint
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Not to be confused with homophones like androids
You sonofabitch
Posted on 1/6/26 at 11:18 am to SuperSaint
This still ignores the most important issue in English today......
....what to do with those people who seem incapable of differentiating between "lose" and "loose".
Does this "thunderdome" you speak of allow us to shoot those people?
....what to do with those people who seem incapable of differentiating between "lose" and "loose".
Does this "thunderdome" you speak of allow us to shoot those people?
Posted on 1/6/26 at 12:27 pm to SuperSaint
Here’s my vote. Winners in Bold
Bass v Bass
Bow v Bow
Close v Close
Desert v Desert
Lead v Lead
Minute v Minute
Object v Object
Polish v Polish
Present v Present
Read v Read
Refuse v Refuse
Sewer v Sewer
Subject v Subject
Tear v Tear
Wind v Wind
Wound v Wound
Bass v Bass
Bow v Bow
Close v Close
Desert v Desert
Lead v Lead
Minute v Minute
Object v Object
Polish v Polish
Present v Present
Read v Read
Refuse v Refuse
Sewer v Sewer
Subject v Subject
Tear v Tear
Wind v Wind
Wound v Wound
Posted on 1/6/26 at 12:32 pm to fr33manator
Polish is my favorite.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 12:44 pm to GarmischTiger
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Polish is my favorite.
As a child, I used to chuckle at the "Polish Sausage" trucks at Mardi Gras. Sometimes I still do.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 1:03 pm to Jimbeaux
quote:Valuable and Invaluable
Inflammable and Flammable
Posted on 1/6/26 at 1:18 pm to Big Scrub TX
Posted on 1/6/26 at 3:44 pm to SuperSaint
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