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cite other pairs of words having the same spelling but different meanings
Let and let.
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Does "MS Works" count?
You bet your sweet bippy it does!*
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Does "MS Works" count?
You bet your sweet bippy it does!*Funny, AnnaS, I could have sworn it was just another one o' them oxymoron thingies ...
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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oxymoron thingies ...
Out of my way will I go, dear CapK, a dig to get in at Microsoft -- even rhetorical devices to stretch.
and I'll bet my sweet bippy that goes for Max, too...
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All this Mac trashing of Uncle Bill reminds me of the old story about the Yanks and Brits at the PX during WWII.
The Yanks decided they wanted to pick a fight with the Brits and yelled, "Bleep the King!" The Brits got all up in arms and a Donnybrook ensued.
Next night the Brits decided it was their turn to pick a fight with the Yanks, so they yelled, "Bleep the President!"
The Yanks, hearing this, all responded, "Yeah! Bleep the President!"
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Since the two "cleaves" are a subset of homonyms, is there a special name for this? And can you cite other pairs of words having the same spelling but different meanings?
I'd guess not -- ambiguous definitions are given for homonym; here is M-W's 1c def'n: one of two or more words pronounced and spelled alike but different in meaning (as the noun quail and the verb quail).
now, what I want is another pair of words with the same spelling and pronunciation with *opposite meanings.
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