An open list of 106 words by ruzuzu.
- Turkey was added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 other lists
- turkey was added by ruzuzu and appears on 40 other lists
- China was added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 other lists
- china was added by ruzuzu and appears on 34 other lists
- August was added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 other lists
- august was added by ruzuzu and appears on 110 other lists
- Bill was added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 other lists
- bill was added by ruzuzu and appears on 44 other lists
- Catholic was added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 other lists
- catholic was added by ruzuzu and appears on 58 other lists
- Ionic was added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 other lists
- ionic was added by ruzuzu and appears on 14 other lists
- Job was added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 other lists
- job was added by ruzuzu and appears on 36 other lists
- Lent was added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- lent was added by ruzuzu and appears on 17 other lists
- Polish was added by ruzuzu and appears on 5 other lists
- polish was added by ruzuzu and appears on 32 other lists
- Pole was added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- pole was added by ruzuzu and appears on 18 other lists
- Reading was added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- reading was added by ruzuzu and appears on 26 other lists
- Lima was added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- lima was added by ruzuzu and appears on 6 other lists
- Nice was added by ruzuzu and appears on 1 other list
- nice was added by ruzuzu and appears on 52 other lists
- Scone was added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- scone was added by ruzuzu and appears on 26 other lists
- March was added by ruzuzu and appears on 1 other list
- march was added by ruzuzu and appears on 24 other lists
- May was added by ruzuzu and appears on 1 other list
- may was added by ruzuzu and appears on 38 other lists
- Mosaic was added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- mosaic was added by ruzuzu and appears on 42 other lists
- Alpine was added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 other lists
- alpine was added by ruzuzu and appears on 13 other lists
- Arabic was added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 other lists
- arabic was added by ruzuzu and appears on 8 other lists
- Ares was added by ruzuzu and appears on 6 other lists
- ares was added by ruzuzu and appears on 11 other lists
- Calorie was added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- calorie was added by ruzuzu and appears on 5 other lists
- Cancer was added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 other lists
- cancer was added by ruzuzu and appears on 32 other lists
- Celt was added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- celt was added by ruzuzu and appears on 6 other lists
- Cologne was added by ruzuzu and appears on 1 other list
- cologne was added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 other lists
- Cuban was added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 other lists
- cuban was added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 other lists
- Fiat was added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 other lists
- fiat was added by ruzuzu and appears on 59 other lists
- Gallic was added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 other lists
- gallic was added by ruzuzu and appears on 6 other lists
- God was added by ruzuzu and appears on 17 other lists
- god was added by ruzuzu and appears on 60 other lists
- German was added by ruzuzu and appears on 9 other lists
- german was added by ruzuzu and appears on 13 other lists
- Herb was added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- herb was added by ruzuzu and appears on 24 other lists
- Italic was added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 other lists
- italic was added by ruzuzu and appears on 12 other lists
- Roman was added by ruzuzu and appears on 6 other lists
- roman was added by ruzuzu and appears on 12 other lists
- Life was added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 other lists
- life was added by ruzuzu and appears on 84 other lists
- Time was added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 other lists
- time was added by ruzuzu and appears on 94 other lists
- Mass was added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- mass was added by ruzuzu and appears on 31 other lists
- Mousehole was added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- mousehole was added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 other lists
- Natal was added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- natal was added by ruzuzu and appears on 10 other lists
- Piedmont was added by ruzuzu and appears on 1 other list
- piedmont was added by ruzuzu and appears on 10 other lists
- Rainier was added by ruzuzu and appears on 1 other list
- rainier was added by ruzuzu and appears on 6 other lists
- Mesa was added by ruzuzu and appears on 1 other list
- mesa was added by ruzuzu and appears on 20 other lists
- Slough was added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- slough was added by ruzuzu and appears on 52 other lists
- Tangier was added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- tangier was added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 other lists
- Art was added by rolig and appears on 3 other lists
- art was added by rolig and appears on 66 other lists
- Russian was added by rolig and appears on 4 other lists
- russian was added by rolig and appears on 8 other lists
- Mobile was added by rolig and appears on 1 other list
- mobile was added by rolig and appears on 30 other lists
- Morocco was added by rolig and appears on 2 other lists
- morocco was added by rolig and appears on 18 other lists
- Danish was added by rolig and appears on 4 other lists
- danish was added by rolig and appears on 9 other lists
- Scotch was added by rolig and appears on 3 other lists
- scotch was added by rolig and appears on 31 other lists
- Welsh was added by rolig and appears on 3 other lists
- welsh was added by rolig and appears on 12 other lists
- Frank was added by rolig and appears on 1 other list
- frank was added by rolig and appears on 34 other lists
- lee was added by 618717989 and appears on 44 other lists
- Lee was added by 618717989 and appears on just this list
- japan was added by ruzuzu and appears on 20 other lists
- Japan was added by ruzuzu and appears on 5 other lists
- Chile was added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 other lists
- chile was added by ruzuzu and appears on 16 other lists
ruzuzu The current definition over on capitonym has "meaning" and "sound." I've edited the description for this list accordingly.
The fox is always right. Nov 5, 2010
ruzuzu I've been thinking that I should have used a different name for this list--"Capital Capitals" or something....
The lack of capitalization in YOW made it possible to ignore proper nouns, trademarks, etc. (everything was equal). Now that we can differentiate, it seemed as if we needed a triage unit to start to deal with the pairs of words where capitalization actually makes a difference (or at least the ones that bug us the most).
Respectfully submitted,
Cap N. Hand Nov 19, 2009
rolig I would question only the inclusion of commercial names, such as Fiat, Time, and Life, which would basically mean you would include any word that had a magazine or newspaper named after it (Look/look, Times/times, Sun/sun etc.). Nov 19, 2009
rolig Great list, Ru! I love "Tangier/tangier" – never considered that before. Nov 19, 2009
milosrdenstvi As a young child I was amused by a joke about an accident in a restaurant, involving the fall of Turkey, the ruin of Greece, and the breaking up of China... Nov 17, 2009
ruzuzu I know... in my heart I felt I was cheating by going with the current Wikipedia definition: "a word that changes its meaning (and sometimes pronunciation)."
Wordnik doesn't have a definition for capitonym up yet. Nov 17, 2009
sionnach But, but, but... I thought to be a capitonym the pronunciation of the word in question has to change, depending on the capitalization status. See, e.g., my necessarily skimpier version of this list. March may not apply to my august list. Nov 17, 2009