Monday, October 12, 2009

Just for fun...

kk and I have been doing this over the weekend. Words that sound alike:

dough or doe
two, too or to
hi or high
do or due
there, their or they're
weight or wait
whey, way or weigh


okay, let's take it from here...kk will not be out-done...just to warn you guys! She is tough.

40 comments:

kkdither said...

Also know as homonyms...
I'll start us off: wretch or retch.
It becomes addictive.

OrbsCorbs said...

laid or layed

Lizardmom said...

hair, hare
so, sew
do, dew
bear, bare

jedwis said...

fare.. fair
ate.. eight
gait.. gate
see.. sea
mail..male
want more?

kkdither said...

How about some food and drink?
beet or beat
steak or stake
brews or bruise
fowl or foul
rye or wry
boar or bore
bean or been
chili or chilly
ale or ail
pear or pair or pare?

Beejay is right, I'm a maniac. I'm awful, or should I say... ***aweful***?

SER said...

do, due
whine, wine
eight, ate
new, knew

jedwis said...

you guys are all nuts... lol.. I think I like the orbs one the best.. either one works for me.. unless off is after

Beejay said...

yolk, yoke
bough, bow

lay, lei

kkdither said...

Someone has to say it...
sex in sects?

jedwis said...

kk.. I think orbs covered the sex part of this.. lol

Beejay said...

lye, lie

Beejay said...

dye or die! Stop, I have to stop....

OrbsCorbs said...

faze or phase

drewzepmeister said...

To, too, two, So their, they're, there!

Toad said...

Honey or Honey?

Beejay said...

key or cay. (although they are really pronounced differently, I guess.) But we all say 'key' for 'cay' down here.

Beejay said...

more and moore

Beejay said...

right and write

Beejay said...

stop and stop, please Beejay stop!

Beejay said...

night and knight. And with that 'g-night!'

kkdither said...

wale and whale
clothes and close
mode and mowed
chews and choose
woe and whoa

Gee, beejay, thanks for stirring this up again. (NOT) Is it any wonder that people have trouble learning English?

drewzepmeister said...

You and ewe

OrbsCorbs said...

I just looked through,
no blue or blew.

SER said...

May, Mae

Beejay said...

pane and pain
per and purr
for and fore and four
one and won.

next

kkdither said...

rued and rude
tacks and tax
scene and seen

Here's a little morning immaturity:
seamen and semen

Think, Thank, Thunk...
Good grief!

Beejay said...

And if you have an accent,
then and than...those two get used incorrectly all the time.....

Oh time and thyme!

OKIE said...

Waist waste

Mary
Marry
Merry

Beejay said...

loan and lone

SER said...

be, bee

Beejay said...

bawl or ball

OrbsCorbs said...

I didn't know we were still doing this.

bail and bale
sail and sale
pail and pale
hail and hale
veil and vale

Beejay said...

orbs you are on a roll or taking a role.

Beejay said...

sight, site
seine, sane

OrbsCorbs said...

beau, bow
stair, stare
meet, meat
deer, dear

Beejay said...

leased least
wry, rye
dough, doe

kkdither said...

No one told me we were STILL playing!

wood or would
pie or pi
shoe or shoo
flower or flour
sic or sick
chase or chaise

Let's not forget about names....
fill or Phil
knick or Nick
bet or Bette
share or Cher

kkdither said...

Ha ha... just though of a funny combo.

chased or chaste

Beejay said...

muscle or mussel??? mustered or mustard?

kkdither said...

Apple or a$$#ole, oops... that only works if you are holding your tongue! ;>

carrot or karat
which or witch
one or won

You must stop beejay!