You dirty homophones!

[B_Hickboy]

Actually, so do I too there, Hick.

Oh yeah? I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs!

 

[RideRocket]

Being in the military our budget and training goes off the physical year. I hate it when people constantly call it the fiscal year. RRRRRRrrrrrrr!!

 

[B_Hickboy]

Noir, blanc, blush; you can take your pick.

I'll have bush. Trimmed or shaven, and a slit in the middle of it.

Oh. Nevermind.

 

[willow78]

It's referred to as Penis Noir in our home!

Last time I had a mouthful of Penis Noir I got into serious trouble because it hadn't aged for long enough.....

 

[Drifterwood]

Last time I had a mouthful of Penis Noir I got into serious trouble because it hadn't aged for long enough.....

I presume that you considered that a minor detail.

And you may still get in serious trouble.

 

[maxcok]

I'm a little heartbroken that I wasn't invited.

Me neither. They's probly askeered a us.

Neither was I--at least, I don't remember being invited. I think I just happened upon it and signed up.

Of course you did. You're probably the president.

BTW, Silvertrain belongs on that list for sure. Maybe he's the president.

 

[maxcok]

Eye dew* knot like you're righting.

*I know this is not a homophone with "do" in all varieties of English, but neither is "whey" with "way."

Oh deer lord. Please tell me your knot one of those aspirant 'h' pronouncers. As if you were'nt fussy enough.

Wear due ewe cum up with this stuff? To much idol thyme.

 

[Calboner]

Oh deer lord. Please tell me your knot one of those aspirant 'h' pronouncers. As if you were'nt fussy enough.

In Artford, Ereford, and Ampstead, urricanes ardly ever appen.

I was making a simple statement of fact: as "dew" is not homophonous with "do" in all varieties of English, so is "whey" not homophonous with "way" in all varieties of English. Neither pair is homophonous in Irish English, for instance.

 

[maxcok]

In Artford, Ereford, and Ampstead, urricanes ardly ever appen.

I've seen you down in Soho Square, dropping 'h's everywhere. And I think it's "Ampshire".

I was making a simple statement of fact: as "dew" is not homophonous with "do" in all varieties of English, so is "whey" not homophonous with "way" in all varieties of English. Neither pair is homophonous in Irish English, for instance.

Well it may be factual, whether it's simple depends on your audience, I suppose.
Certainly not the LPSG masses (and 'ardly anyone under 35 it seems).

It's decided. I declare you President for Life of the Bad Grammer Society, weather/whether you like it or knot.

 

[willow78]

Gees! Watts with awl the knit-piquing?

 

[Calboner]

And I think it's "Ampshire".

That does make better sense. I didn't look the passage up.

Well it may be factual, whether it's simple depends on your audience, I suppose.
Certainly not the LPSG masses (and 'ardly anyone under 35 it seems).

Well, "simple" in the sense of not having any prescription mixed into the description.

It's decided. I declare you President for Life of the Bad Grammer Society, weather/whether you like it or knot.

Great! How much does the job pay? (A slight modification of Chico's reply to Groucho's comment, "Do you want to be a public nuisance?")

 

[joyboytoy79]

Well, aye do'nt no what your talkin'g a bout. My grammer is mos't definately the bes't on this sight. Other then you clown's, every one hear think's its you clown's that has the problem's.

 

[D_Bob_Crotchitch]

I thought a homophone was a cell phone that doubled as an anal toy. You can set it on vibrate, and call yourself over and over again.

 

[MASSIVEPKGO_CHUCK]

Oh yeah? I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs!

I know you ain't talking about my dead gramma who died 11 yrs ago there, Hickmeister.:irked:

 

[Ethyl]

Well, aye do'nt no what your talkin'g a bout. My grammer is mos't definately the bes't on this sight. Other then you clown's, every one hear think's its you clown's that has the problem's.

Lyre lyre pants on...

 

[maxcok]

That does make better sense. I didn't look the passage up.

Neither did I, but I was born in a theatre trunk.

Well, "simple" in the sense of not having any prescription mixed into the description.

Are you off your meds?

Great! How much does the job pay?

I'm afraid their's no monetary remuneration, but yule be paid in unlimited self-satisfaction and semantic snob appeal. We, you're humble subjects, will obeis ourselves before your most impressive literary prowesses.

 

[sexualnapalm]

So does this loverly group believe that the pen is mightier than the sword?

And I bought the book Amazon.com: Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (9781592400874): Lynne Truss: Books because grammar does matter. DAMMIT! :biggrin1:

 

[Drifterwood]

because grammar does matter. DAMMIT! :biggrin1:

Evidently more than some other things.

 

[tgirlsrgreat]

BTW, I think that Cal, Maxcok, Nudey, Hhuck, Bbucko, and ManlyBanisters and I may be the only people on the board, perhaps in the whole fucking world, who give a shit one way or the other about this particular subject.

now hold on there sparky:nono:

 

[molotovmuffin]

Two expressions are homophones just in case they are distinct in derivation but identical in pronunciation. Pronouns and contractions present many homophone pairs, such as "its" and "it's," "who's" and "whose," "your" and "you're," and "there" and "their," all of which are subject to frequent confusion. What are more notable are homophones that give rise to substantive misunderstanding--not mere confusions of spelling or punctuation but a failure to understand the words that one is using.

May I add a pear to your pair? Oh never mind...I'm such a towhead