40 Clever Illustrations Of ‘Same’ Words That You Probably Confuse Way Too Often
What happens when a frog's car breaks down? It gets toad away. If you're like me and laughed at this joke more than you probably should have, you know that words are fun. Bruce Worden, the man behind a blog called Homophones, Weakly, also shares this opinion. Like you might have already guessed, he's into homophones (each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling). In fact, Bruce likes them so much, he's even visualizing them!
Poking fun at the English language, Bruce uses minimalistic illustrations to prove that we just have to listen. For without context we couldn't know if someone is inviting us to a sail or sale. Scroll down for the images and upvote your favorites! Also, be sure to check out our list of the 20+ 'Same' Things That Most People Don’t Know Are Actually Different, too!
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That Reminds me this funny video about an Italian that went to Malta :) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFQFvSPhQ8
That's why the auto-pilot cars keeps crashing.. Stupid autocorrect 😀
When I was in third grade, I was taught a trick to remember this one. "Dessert" has 2 S's because you'll want a second helping. You're welcome.
The couple make a smile: their heads are the eyes, their hands are the mouth, and the heart is the nose!
Depends where you live. I say tomato ketchup, but not tomato catch up.
I wonder how many people under say 25, know what the second is a picture of?
Note: this post originally had 259 images. It’s been shortened to the top 40 images based on user votes.
These should be in every grade school classroom. Maybe then we could raise a generation of people that could differentiate between Their, There and They're! Also, we need one for Your and You're!
I've seen plenty of 30+ who can't spell them right either. So pretty sure it is just confusing for everyone equally.
Too many comments of, "That's not how you say it!" No, that may not be how *you* say it, but it's how lots of other people say it. As for regional differences, these as illustrated are all indicative of common standard US English usage. In any other English-speaking locale, YMMV.
I went through this whole list waiting for Wonder / Wander and it never came
These should be in every grade school classroom. Maybe then we could raise a generation of people that could differentiate between Their, There and They're! Also, we need one for Your and You're!
I've seen plenty of 30+ who can't spell them right either. So pretty sure it is just confusing for everyone equally.
Too many comments of, "That's not how you say it!" No, that may not be how *you* say it, but it's how lots of other people say it. As for regional differences, these as illustrated are all indicative of common standard US English usage. In any other English-speaking locale, YMMV.
I went through this whole list waiting for Wonder / Wander and it never came