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OP Something caught my eye while reading an article on wildlife conservation yesterday that never struck me before, probably because I haven't seen these words in such close proximity. But here we have does the verb and does the noun, the plural of female deer...does and does...two words with identical spelling, different pronunciation (which disqualifies them as homonyms), and, of course, meanings that are light years apart. Is there a --nym for this one? If not should we create one? How 'bout it, tsuwm...do you have something on this? (Or could this be some obvious nomenclature I'm forgetting?)
On the lighter side this also brought to mind doughs, doze, does, and 'dose!
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? WhitmanO'Neill 06/29/01 10:14 PM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? Anonymous 06/29/01 10:56 PM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? WhitmanO'Neill 06/29/01 11:28 PM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? Rusty 07/01/01 02:11 AM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? tsuwm 06/30/01 02:31 AM Re: New -Nyms? WhitmanO'Neill 06/30/01 11:52 AM Re: New -Nyms? Jackie 06/30/01 12:25 PM Re: Wide-nym wow 06/30/01 02:34 PM Re: New --Nyms (cont'd) WhitmanO'Neill 06/30/01 10:59 PM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? Bingley 07/02/01 03:40 AM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? Brandon 07/02/01 12:11 PM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? Bingley 07/03/01 04:19 AM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? Alex Williams 07/03/01 11:38 PM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? Anonymous 07/04/01 12:40 AM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? nancyk 07/05/01 12:30 AM
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