for added speaking fun:
Homonym: 'a word having the same sound, or the same spelling and sound, as another which has a different meaning, e.g. 'bare' and 'bear''.
Homophone - 'a word pronounced the same as another, regardless of spelling as heir and air.'
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Prof UnderCover evitable,
Mon 15 Mar 2004, 10:26,
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as in heir, air, hair, urr, err, her
/lancashire
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie,
Mon 15 Mar 2004, 10:31,
archived)