The Homophones Game!

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I've had this game in my mind at various times over the past year whenever examples of homophones have popped into my head. I finally decided to revive it when I came up with this example this morning:

chaste - chased
 

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A few more I've had pop into my head lately..


flour - flower

for - four - fore

profit - prophet

catch-up - ketchup

caulk - cock
 

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...caulk - cock
Hmm... That one must be regional. Because where I'm from, there's a very distinct difference between the two.

caulk
being like caught - t + k
phon. kôt

and
cock
being like cot - t + k
phon. kät

It's similarly so, in both Webster's and OAD, but I've heard them pronounce the same in the north east/New England area.
 

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Hmm... That one must be regional. Because where I'm from, there's a very distinct difference between the two.

caulk
being like caught - t + k
phon. kôt

and
cock
being like cot - t + k
phon. kät

It's similarly so, in both Webster's and OAD, but I've heard them pronounce the same in the north east/New England area.
Yeah, I've heard some people pronounce caulk in a slightly different way from cock, but I pronounce them both the same. Which is why I thought of it, I suppose.:wink::biggrin:
 

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Soul..........Sole See..........Sea

Dough.......Doe..........Doh Phew........Few

Ilium........Ileum But...........Butt

Bright.......Brite Cool..........Kewl

Cart.........Kart Que...........Kew

Four.........Fore Tyre..........Tire

It certainly make you think
 

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I have to get these out of my system or else I'll burst..


aloud - allowed

feat - feet

wok - walk

leak - leek

faze - phase

chute - shoot