Nov. 29th, 2004

Word Games

Nov. 29th, 2004 08:10 am
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Taken from a list I'm on - knowing my f-list, this is about to get longer:

The list below is a selection of the words that, whilst sharing a spelling, have unique pronunciations and unique meanings.

* Agape: During the agape, I noticed a man sitting with his mouth agape.

* Appropriate: It was appropriate for the teacher to appropriate the boy's knife.

* Bow: I stood on the bow of the ship with my bow and arrow.

* Bower: The bower lived in a bower near his farm.

* Buffet: The winds buffet the hotel, whilst inside the guests enjoy the buffet.

* Console: I tried to console the controller as he stood at his console.

* Content: John was content that the content of the box was undamaged.

* Drawer: The drawer drew a picture of the cupboard and drawer.

* Entrance: The lavishly decorated entrance will entrance the visitors.

* Incense: It will incense the bursar that we have spent so much on incense.

* Intimate: Ron tried to intimate that Liz had an intimate relationship with Ben.

* Moped: As my mother moped about, a man on a moped rode by.

* Number: I broke a number of bones in my right hand; it's number than the left.

* Proceeds: As the charity event proceeds, the proceeds keep pouring in.

* Recount: The President will recount the events that led to a vote recount.

* Refuse: The city dump was so full, they had to refuse to accept more refuse.

* Resent: I resent the fact that the letter was lost, but I have resent it.

* Sewer: As the sewer sat sewing, she smelled the stench of a local sewer.

* Sow: Every time I sow seeds the sow digs them up and eats them.

* Wound: The doctor wound a bandage around the painful wound.
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Has anyone out there read Raise the Titanic by Cussler? I remember really, really wanting to read it when it first came out and then forgetting about it, and now I'm thinking "y'know, that thing's a dime a dozen on ebay." Is it with a dime?
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My latest review is up on Reviewing the Evidence. Link away, [livejournal.com profile] kradical - it's for Dragon Precinct.

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Nov. 29th, 2004 03:27 pm
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The buy-my-own Christmas present previously mentioned is off; Mother and I both came down with buyer's remorse, considering that remaking her ring with an unknown stone cost the same price as a new one. Out of idle curiosity, I took a look at vintage jewelry on ebay and...


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