When Two Words Sound Alike
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Hello again, Gentle Reader(s?),
Many people have difficulty misinterpreting words (and phrases) that not only sound like other words, but are actually pronounced the same as those other words that they sound like. Some of them are even spelled the same! For example, the words “read” and “read”.
Others may sound the same, but with slightly different spelling. For example, “for” and “four”. Then, of course, there is the infamous example of the words, “the” and “the” – (“the”, pronounced “Thee”, and “the”, pronounced “Thuh”, two words that mean exactly the same thing, but may confuse people as to when to utilize witch.)
If you are one of those people who have a problem misinterpreting words that sound the same, you have come to the right place because I can help.
I can show you how to easily misinterpret words (and even phrases) that sound like other words. With a little practice, you can be successfully misinterpreting words by the end of today. Guaranteed!
Here is an example…
I was talking with a friend (I would call her my dearly beloved cousin, but she may not want anyone to know we are related). She was very excited about her gardening efforts and said, “My tulips are blooming!”
I was pleasantly surprised for her because…
“Well, at least, both of your lips are blooming together. Mine tend to bloom one at a time.
“That makes me look really funny for up to a week until the second one decides to bloom. Do you know how hard it is to go out into public with your upper lip all bloomed up but your lower lip is as flat as a dime sitting under a steel plate beneath a hippopotamus?
“It’s hard. Real hard. If I hadn’t run out of coffee, I would never have gone out into public looking like that. But I did. So I did. You cannot imagine the looks I got from strangers who had equally blooming two lips. People can be so cruel.
“But I got through that trip out into the nether world. And I got home only mildly deranged from the receptions I got out in public. I brewed up a pot of my favorite coffee. I went to the refrigerator and opened the door. There was no half and half. Crap…”
Well, that’s ’bout it for this lesson. Give it a try! You can do this!
Until next time…
Buy-buy!
BK
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