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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: antonymic homophones aka homophonic antonyms [Re: rdahlgren] #226085 12/19/16 09:33 PM 12/19/16 09:33 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,264 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,264 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: rdahlgren Innumerable (too many to be counted) and enumerable (able to be counted) is my personal favorite. WELCOME ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: antonymic homophones aka homophonic antonyms [Re: rdahlgren] #226103 12/21/16 02:18 AM 12/21/16 02:18 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,183 London, UK A A C Bowden old hand A C Bowden   old hand A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,183 London, UK Originally Posted By: rdahlgren Innumerable (too many to be counted) and enumerable (able to be counted) is my personal favorite. Also, irrupt (break in) and erupt (break out). What? I can't hear you! [Re: A C Bowden] #226104 12/21/16 02:36 AM 12/21/16 02:36 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 8,216 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 8,216 Worcester, MA And don't forget EARRUPT - "My tympanic membrane just broke"... [scuttle-off-quickly-and-hide emoticon] like, the channel? [Re: wofahulicodoc] #226110 12/21/16 03:01 PM 12/21/16 03:01 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0   enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Sound off = mute Re: Louis XIV [Re: DavidLaurence] #226137 12/24/16 03:32 AM 12/24/16 03:32 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,183 London, UK A A C Bowden old hand A C Bowden   old hand A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,183 London, UK Louis XIII died in 1643; the Sun King then reigned until 1715. Louis XIII died in 1643; the son king then rained until 1715. Isaac Asimov's triple pun [Re: A C Bowden] #226139 12/24/16 01:22 PM 12/24/16 01:22 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 8,216 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 8,216 Worcester, MA His kids ran the cattle ranch, and it was named "Focus," because that's where the sons raise meat. Re: More homophonous drollery... [Re: wofahulicodoc] #226221 01/03/17 02:30 AM 01/03/17 02:30 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,183 London, UK A A C Bowden old hand A C Bowden   old hand A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,183 London, UK Road vehicle/rowed vehicle Reckless drivers are seldom wreckless drivers. If you have all the parts, you have a whole; if you don't have all the parts, you have a hole. Re: More homophonous drollery... [Re: Shawfan] #226947 04/11/17 08:30 PM 04/11/17 08:30 PM Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 1 B Baldilocks stranger Baldilocks   stranger B Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 1 Closely related is the text that I sent my wife who is currently skiing in a bit of a heat wave. She didn't message me to say how it was so I sent the following: Well - what's the verdict? Was the trip worthwhile or worthless? Are the slopes awesome or awful? Will the skiing be terrific or terrible, appealing or appalling? Will you be on-piste or pissed off? Will you be wining or whining Do tell. Re: More homophonous drollery... [Re: Baldilocks] #228839 12/15/18 03:54 AM 12/15/18 03:54 AM Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 2 VIC E EmmaBird stranger EmmaBird   stranger E Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 2 VIC "This is a place I find solace/soulless" (and hello wordsmiths - I was glad to find an internet place for this word nerdery!!) Re: More homophonous drollery... [Re: EmmaBird] #228840 12/15/18 04:07 AM 12/15/18 04:07 AM Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 2 VIC E EmmaBird stranger EmmaBird   stranger E Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 2 VIC (I know it is more of an approximately antonymic homophonic sentence relying of multiple the meanings of "find", rather than a pair single word antonym homophones, but nonetheless pretty awesome, I reckon) Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. 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