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Double meanings game
Double meanings game
Not quite the same as double entendres but to do with that multitude of English (ex-Celtic/Latin/Norse/Danish/Saxon/French/Indian/American . . .) words that have come to rest in our lexicon that have more than one meaning (sometimes just about opposite ones!) that poor foreigners find so difficult. Variations of the word are allowed is that makes a better example.
Examples:
"I was entranced by the design of the entrance."
"The club committee sanctioned the sanctions on the misbehaving member."
Examples:
"I was entranced by the design of the entrance."
"The club committee sanctioned the sanctions on the misbehaving member."
"Look forward; yesterday was a lesson, if you did not learn from it you wasted it."
Me, 2015
Me, 2015
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The idea that the pope talks to god and gets a reply is a pathetic fallacy. Ok I do not know what I am talking about.
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Polish up your Polish, the Pope's coming!
What's that?
JPII's dead....?
Doh!
What's that?
JPII's dead....?
Doh!
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His manner was affected in the manner of those of the East but his manners were courtly.
"Look forward; yesterday was a lesson, if you did not learn from it you wasted it."
Me, 2015
Me, 2015
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The woman with the bow in her hair bowed on the ship's bow.
(we talking homonyms here?)
(we talking homonyms here?)
"It's hard to put a leash on a dog once you've put a crown on his head"-Tyrion Lannister.
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Le tailleur est ailleurs, d'ailleurs.
Have to be in English?
Have to be in English?
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When Churchill phoned Hitler he engaged the enemy with a ring - not to be confused with an engagement ring.
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The red mouse with the long tail read the tale in three acts about the axe weilding monkey.
"It's hard to put a leash on a dog once you've put a crown on his head"-Tyrion Lannister.
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Nope, as the instigator of this silly game I would say that the basic spelling has to be the same, though tenses are allowed; as in "bow" and "bowed". Though them furriners do get confused with both written and vocalised versions.getreal wrote:The woman with the bow in her hair bowed on the ship's bow.
(we talking homonyms here?)
"Look forward; yesterday was a lesson, if you did not learn from it you wasted it."
Me, 2015
Me, 2015
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so my "boy hanging on the bouy could only see sea" is not allowed then?
I've been thinking about that all day--and yes, I need to get out more.
I've been thinking about that all day--and yes, I need to get out more.
"It's hard to put a leash on a dog once you've put a crown on his head"-Tyrion Lannister.
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The theatre was hot so the fans asked that the fans be switched on.
(If you were an American, getreal, you would pronounce "buoy" in its original, 17thC English, way - "boo-oi")
(If you were an American, getreal, you would pronounce "buoy" in its original, 17thC English, way - "boo-oi")
"Look forward; yesterday was a lesson, if you did not learn from it you wasted it."
Me, 2015
Me, 2015
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That'll be homographs then (I sometimes think the internet* was invented for pedants)
Janet and John had a row as they rowed the boat.
Have you read Bill Bryson's book on English pronunciation? Very good it is. Put's paid to a lot of grammer and spelling snobbery.
* or, World Wide Web. I don't get the difference.
Janet and John had a row as they rowed the boat.
Have you read Bill Bryson's book on English pronunciation? Very good it is. Put's paid to a lot of grammer and spelling snobbery.
* or, World Wide Web. I don't get the difference.
"It's hard to put a leash on a dog once you've put a crown on his head"-Tyrion Lannister.
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getreal, I'll pm you on the difference.
"Look forward; yesterday was a lesson, if you did not learn from it you wasted it."
Me, 2015
Me, 2015
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[If one said that Janet and John went for a row in a boat, I suppose one would not know how to say it.]
There are three ways in English of spelling 'tu' and they are to,two and too. You can say this sentence, but you cannot write it.
There are three ways in English of spelling 'tu' and they are to,two and too. You can say this sentence, but you cannot write it.
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The actions of the admiral were admirable and his ship was in shipshape.
This is one of the great social functions of science - to free people of superstition. - Steven Weinberg
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Check the check for the check table cloth
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Tom felt tense because Jane was talking about him in the past tense.
"Look forward; yesterday was a lesson, if you did not learn from it you wasted it."
Me, 2015
Me, 2015
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In his final sentence, the judge ordered a life sentence.