8/13/2019 21 Homographs That Will Make Your Facebook Friends Scratch Their Heads

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21 Homographs Thatll Make Your Facebook Friends Scratch Their Heads

Lets face it English is a crazy language. There is

no ham in hamburger, no egg in eggplant, neither apple nor pine in pineapple. Frenchfries werent invented in France, and English muffins werent invented in England.

Furthermore, quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is

not from Guinea nor is it a pig!

English is also a silly language at times, too. I mean, who in their right mind would

create two words with the same spelling and different meanings? I am of course talking

about those pesky homographs. For example:

He wound up the clock with ease, even though he had a wound to his right hand.

How ridiculous!

Of course, you could, and probably would, rephrase that sentence to avoid the

homographs. But there are times when we find ourselves accidentally sucked into the

vacuum, and like a dogs mess gracing the pavement of a dark lane, we occasionally

step on a homograph-ridden sentence.

Now, before we dive into our list of homographs for your grammatical pleasure, bear in

mind that a homograph that is also pronounced differently is called a heteronym. Oh,

and while were here, dont forget the homophone, which is when two or more words

share the same pronunciation but have different meanings, and may or may not be

spelled the same way.

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And one last thing

The homograph, heteronym and homophone are all types of homonym; which is

defined as two or more words that share the same spelling, or the same pronunciation,

or both, but have different meanings.

Confused? Dont sweat it. Your friends will scratch their scalps too when you share

these 21 idiotic homographs on your Facebook page:

1. Rita was too close to the door to close it.

2. Dans wife said he should polish the Polish furniture on a regular basis.

3. I did not object to the object in question.

4. There is no time like the present to present a friend with a present.

5. The vegetable farm was asked to produce organic produce for the local community.

6. Unfortunately the insurance was invalid for the invalid.

7. The dog lead was dangerous because it was made of lead.

8. I had to hide the animal hide before my vegetarian friend came to dinner.

9. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer pipeline.

10. There was a row between the oarsmen about how to row properly.

11. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

12. She shed a tear upon seeing the tear in the painting.

13. The soldier had to desert his platoon in the desert.

14. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

15. The buck does get rather excited when the does are around.

16. The dump was so full it had to refuse more refuse.

17. To help plant the seeds the farmer taught his sow to sow.

18. The contract was subject to the term that I didnt contract an illness within the first two

months.

19. It took me a minute to locate the minute hole in the fence.

20. After months of procrastination, Helen decided to resume writing her resume.21. I shall stop here because I am content with this content!