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35 Clever Illustrations Of ‘Same’ Words That Are Actually Different, By Bruce Worden (New Pics)
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings, homographs look the same, and homonyms are everything that confuse the heck out of us and befuddle our brains in various linguistic ways. And there’s hardly anyone who knows them better than Bruce Worden, the founder of the ‘Homophones, Weakly’ project. It even has a homophone of ‘weekly’ in the name to gently poke fun at itself, too. It’s brilliant!
Bruce aims to provide a visual exploration, a philological adventure if you will, into the realm of homophones (and recently homographs) with minimalistic black and white illustrations.
You’ll find his best newest drawings below, dear Pandas. So put on your ‘I love English’ caps, scroll down, and upvote your favorite pictures. Want some more for dessert (or is that desert? [Wink wink, nudge nudge])? You’ll find Bored Panda’s first article about ‘Homophones, Weakly’ right over here.
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A.M. Pierre 5 years ago
I was teaching English as a second language and had to explain this little play on words: "If I bought a newt I would name him 'Tiny' because he'd be 'my newt.'" There were a lot of "wait, so how do I know when it's MIN-it and when it's my-NOOT?" and sadly "you just know" isn't actually an answer.
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Nicola Roberts 5 years ago
Ten items or fewer..... I'm in awe of everyone that learns English as a second language.
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Michał Jastrzębski 5 years ago
technically, that's a flag of Polish navy. National flag is the one without the emblem.
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HufflePuffleGothleGay 5 years ago
Because you know I'm all about that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble I'm all about that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble I'm all about that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble I'm all about that bass, 'bout that bass Bass, bass, bass (bass)
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Loretta 5 years ago
Being a non-native English speaker and realizing you've been pronouncing half of these words wrong.
Rosie Hamilton 5 years ago
Aw, never mind Loretta! There are native English speakers that get them wrong as well. Plus look how wound up the grammar nazis get about people writing them wrongly - they never allow for terrible education or even dyslexia. My poor brother is always so worried that people will think he is an idiot because he cannot spell and yet he is a very clever man, a man with dyslexia. He cannot do many of these and will even spell the same word correctly, then incorrectly in the same paragraph but be incapable of seeing it.
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cassiushumanmother 5 years ago
It would be impossible to do that in french, so much homophones. "Un hère, vétu d'une haire, erre sur une aire, chantonnant d'un air triste en roulant les R un air d'une autre ère." 8 homophones in one sentence. Some authors plays with them, like Alphonse Allais did. "Par le bois du Djinn où s'entasse de l'effroi/ Parle ! Bois du gin !...ou cent tasses de lait froid." Through jinnis wood where dread is piled up/ Talk! Drink some Gin... or hundred cups of cold milk". Exactly the same sound.
Loretta 5 years ago
Being a non-native English speaker and realizing you've been pronouncing half of these words wrong.
Rosie Hamilton 5 years ago
Aw, never mind Loretta! There are native English speakers that get them wrong as well. Plus look how wound up the grammar nazis get about people writing them wrongly - they never allow for terrible education or even dyslexia. My poor brother is always so worried that people will think he is an idiot because he cannot spell and yet he is a very clever man, a man with dyslexia. He cannot do many of these and will even spell the same word correctly, then incorrectly in the same paragraph but be incapable of seeing it.
Load More Replies... cassiushumanmother 5 years ago
It would be impossible to do that in french, so much homophones. "Un hère, vétu d'une haire, erre sur une aire, chantonnant d'un air triste en roulant les R un air d'une autre ère." 8 homophones in one sentence. Some authors plays with them, like Alphonse Allais did. "Par le bois du Djinn où s'entasse de l'effroi/ Parle ! Bois du gin !...ou cent tasses de lait froid." Through jinnis wood where dread is piled up/ Talk! Drink some Gin... or hundred cups of cold milk". Exactly the same sound.
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