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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Yeah but #49773 12/11/01 07:49 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 cite other pairs of words having the same spelling but different meanings Let and let. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Antiphrasis--or Opposites Attract #49774 12/11/01 08:24 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Does "MS Works" count? You bet your sweet bippy it does!* ------- *This comment was in no way endorsed or commissioned by Apple Inc or any of its subsidiaries. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Antiphrasis--or Opposites Attract #49775 12/13/01 08:13 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England 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 ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Schmoxymoron #49776 12/13/01 08:35 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York 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... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Schmoxymoron, shmoxymoron! #49777 12/13/01 08:43 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 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!" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter #49778 12/13/01 09:52 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Yeah but #49779 12/13/01 10:48 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 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. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 651 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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