#11621
11/30/2000 3:28 PM
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I've been thinking about words which are spelled the same but have different pronunciations and meanings. Some of them switch when capitalized. Then there is the challenge of getting both into one sentence. Here's the first ones which occurred to me. I'm sure the great minds on this board will come up with plenty more.
1. The well-bred and soigné Count Przymlsk-Wrzvski was celebrated all over Europe for his Polish polish of manner.
2. A malingerer is defined as an invalid invalid.
3. Washingtonians may be sleepless in Seattle, but Alabamans are mobile in Mobile.
4. A minute is a minute fraction of a year.
5. Was the august emperor born in August?
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#11622
11/30/2000 6:11 PM
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Hi BobY
You may not get many answers on this one dear as the subject has been discussed très très indept in other threads. You can look through the back-threads by clicking on the numbers at the bottom of the main pages. I can`t recall which category it is in. Perhaps an other of our members can point the way.
Salut.
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#11623
11/30/2000 8:43 PM
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Dear Bobby, Welcome to the club of those who have suggested a thread only to find the earlier members have already knotted and tied off all permutations.
Don't be discouraged. You'll strike gold eventually. Best wishes and aloha from wow
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#11625
12/01/2000 12:53 AM
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One wonders if we might have a glossary of board terms such that newbies would not have to search threads and mine much detritus to find a little gold. We could ask Anu ... but, of course, there IS no Anu!
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#11626
12/01/2000 7:59 AM
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I know ICLIU (I could look it up -- another Board acronym)but how is Mobile the place pronounced? Granted I don't think I have ever had occasion to refer to it aloud but you never know.
Bingley
Bingley
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#11627
12/01/2000 9:05 PM
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how is Mobile the place pronounced?
With the "i" pronounced like a long "e".
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#11628
12/04/2000 5:50 PM
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But how do we know this isn't a phony answer?
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#11629
12/05/2000 4:50 PM
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No, it's Mo-beel, usually with the accent on the second syllable.
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#11630
12/05/2000 5:21 PM
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Didn't Jazz and Bob say the same thing, 'cept for Bob's syllable addendum?
*scratching head and laughing @ the Mav pun*
Now, of course, were you Dylan, you'd be stuck inside of MO-bile and were you Verdi, your donna would be Mo-bee-lay.
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#11631
12/05/2000 5:47 PM
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Whale, female, white, I assume
TEd
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