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Homographs have fascinated me for quite a while. So far, I've only been able to assemble one homographic sentence, and it's not the best example thereof as the final word does not strictly have to change. It amuses me to think that the pronunciation of the whole sentence is dictated by the closing punctuation. Not only that, but the first three words change parts of speech.
Does lead wound bass?
An environmental question best left to an ichthyologist.
Does lead wound bass!
Several female deer guide an entangled opera singer.
Got any others?
Lance ==)--------------
Lance ==)--------------
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Ship down: fast.
1. Send the feathers, quickly.
2.a. The boat's done for, and can't be moved.
2.b. The boat's done for--don't eat.
Tag: spring back; open, season.
The label reads: jump to the rear; open (it); spice (it).
Tag: spring back; open season.
Label it: new/young back; (from) the legal-to-hunt time of year.
OK?
Are these acceptable?
Are you from Oklahoma? (!)
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I just received this list from a friend:
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Rod
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Talking about violent people who received violence in their childhood:
Hurt people hurt people.
Emanuela
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Hurt people hurt people.Oh, GOOD one, E! Pretty soon your English will be as proficient as your typing! 
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Don't let on that you have an Homograph collection...
everyone will want to see your Maplethorpe~
rintin scrabbleweed
"It's not about winning... It's about having fun!" Spongebob Squarepants
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Rod.
Fabulous.
I sent it off via Email ... expect it to turn up in English classes!
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> Ship down, fast.
I like this one! It's kind of telegraphic, as they said in the military, but so was my example. I suspect that adding such non-essentials as articles would preclude words shifting parts of speech.
> Tag: spring back; open, season.
This one I don't quite understand...
Lance ==)----------
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