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Comment by mollusque, 10 months ago

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:25:54 +0000

Tuberose!

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:00:05 +0000

Conference (meeting); conference (bestowal).

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:34:50 +0000

Evening, oroboros.

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:25:57 +0000

How about multiply?

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:03:01 +0000

How about preferment?

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:36:38 +0000

Thanks mollusque. Didn't have that or lather. Also good to learn the proper term for these words.

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:48:34 +0000

Have you seen wiredweird's allophonic homographs? Short but sweet. Unionized led me to it.

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:41:34 +0000

How about predate?

Comment by oroboros, over 2 years ago

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:03:08 +0000

Thanks all. They just keep surfacing don't they?

Comment by bilby, over 2 years ago

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:57:46 +0000

Not a common one, but ... ton.

Comment by mollusque, over 2 years ago

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:09:00 +0000

How about moped, perfect, and rebel? Recenter is another possibility, although most people would say "more recent" rather than "recenter". And then there's reset or resetter, to do with receiving stolen goods.

Comment by mollusque, over 2 years ago

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:15:32 +0000

Oops, reesetee figured out the error of my ways. I'd like to claim that it was a typo (or a clever ruse), but it was a lapse. For "peaked" (pointed vs. pale) MW3 gives different first pronunciations, but OED2 gives the same pronunciation.

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:21:55 +0000

Mollusque, could you have meant "peaked" rather than "peeked"?

Comment by oroboros, over 2 years ago

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 05:31:55 +0000

Mollusque: I'm at sixes and sevens about 'peeked'. It doesn't ring a bell. Help me here. Is the second pronunciation 'keep ED'? and if, say, Hamlet din't say it, whassit mean?

Comment by oroboros, over 2 years ago

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 05:27:14 +0000

Thankyouvermuch, c_b. You'se a peach 'n more, and other such-like encomiata. :oD

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:55:14 +0000

Secreted?

Comment by mollusque, over 2 years ago

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:39:34 +0000

Peeked.

Comment by mollusque, over 2 years ago

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:04:55 +0000

How about dogged?

Comment by bilby, over 2 years ago

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:22:44 +0000

Convict.

Comment by oroboros, over 2 years ago

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 05:37:18 +0000

I'll ditto c_b's ass comment. And pontificate belongs on my bi-sonics list. Thanks bilby.

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:47:38 +0000

Yes, bilby, that noun rhymes with certificate. And yes, where I live, "ass" is pronounced the same way whether denoting body part or donkey. I think you have a couple of winners.

Comment by bilby, over 2 years ago

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:26:53 +0000

Today I read: "Thérèse was the only Saint to be
given recognition as a Doctor of the Church during Pope John Paul II's pontificate." Now if this noun rhymes with certificate then it would be different to its verbal pronounciation.

Comment by bilby, over 2 years ago

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:07:53 +0000

I just wonder whether ass (beast of burden; body part) is pronounced identically for both senses wherever you live? In Australia no, but then again we often use the spelling arse for the latter.

Comment by asativum, over 2 years ago

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:04:57 +0000

I keep running across these now. Another, at the grocery store: produce

Comment by asativum, over 2 years ago

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:07:53 +0000

Just ran across a couple more today: entrance (to captivate, and something you go in through) and intern (to imprison, and a low-paid or unpaid employee in training)

Comment by oroboros, over 2 years ago

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:17:31 +0000

thanx for these good ones :o)

Comment by asativum, over 2 years ago

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:56:48 +0000

Lead
(On a related note, I was very surprised to find some Polish remover at a store once.)

Comment by nkocharh, over 2 years ago

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:40:40 +0000

initiate, supposed

Comment by nkocharh, over 2 years ago

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:47:52 +0000

Excellent! I particularly like "primer" and "august", though I think "slough" will have to be my favorite. Favorited. :-)