From: Tex Texin
Message: 1316
Date: 2003-03-04
>--
> That's very interesting. In primary school in the 1960s in the
> midwestern USA, we were taught that English words which
> sound alike, but are spelled differently, are called "homonyms."
> I never heard the word "homophone" before university.
>
> --Phillip Driscoll
>
> ----- Originala Mesagxo -----
> De: "Marco Cimarosti" <marco.cimarosti@...>
> Al: <qalam@yahoogroups.com>
> Sendita: Lundon 03an de marto 2003, 9:58 atm
> Temo: RE: RE: different letters, same sound, is a...?
>
> > According to the American Heritage dictionary, however,
> > "homophone" and "homonym" are not synonyms, as
> > homonyms are also *spelled* the same, while
> > homophones just sound the same:
> >
> > http://www.bartleby.com/61/85/H0258500.html
> >
> > _ Marco
>
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