Andrew ShieldsApr 16
Sound play in a line from The Grateful Dead’s “Let It Grow”. #111Words #TheGratefulDead #LetItGrow #BobWeir #JohnPerryBarlow #Lyrics #Music #Homonyms #Alliteration #InternalRhyme https://111-words.ghost.io/sound-play-in-a-line-from-the-grateful-deads-let-it-grow/
Sound play in a line from The Grateful Dead’s “Let It Grow"

In yesterday's session of my course on The Grateful Dead, we lingered over a line from the song "Let It Grow", by Bob Weir and John Perry Barlow, from the 1973 album "Wake of the Flood": "See the sun sparkle in the reeds; silver beads pass into the sea." It

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Bobby PolitteMar 2

Due ewe ever half problems typing out the wrong version of a homonym - like ‘hear’ for ‘here’. Eye often only ketch it win I reed my post after sending it.

#homonyms

jumaJan 18

comfortably numb
they’re sat there in their corner
sucking their wee thumb

#TheRoyalTheir
#TheRoyalWee
#CollectivePossessive
#Homonyms
#SundayPunday

#Haiku #Poetry #Writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity
#MastoPrompt #Numb
@stevencudahy

jumaDec 28

we’ve no leftovers
to meet the awful hunger
all has been consumed

#Homonyms
#Meat
#Offal

#Haiku #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #Poetry #Writing
#MastoPrompt #Leftovers
@stevencudahy

AnneTheWriterAug 27, 2025

Bonus #DadJoke
“Knock knock.”

“Who’s there?”

“To.”

“To who?”

“Actually, it’s to whom.”

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Grammar #Spelling #Homonyms #Captchas #Captcha #DadJokes #GrammarJokes #Internet

GeorgeLThomasJun 29, 2025

Homonyms and Homophones - and explanation
#amwriting #writingcommunity #homonyms #homophones #English #language #words

http://georgelthomas.com/2019/09/18/homonyms-and-homophones/

Homonyms and Homophones

In the English language, Homonyms – are words that sound the same and are spelt the same but have different meanings. And Homophones – are words that sound alike but are spelt different…

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Show threadEstelle PlatiniMar 20, 2025

#nonce is two separate nouns:

Nonce (1) means: The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose.
(Etymology 1 is inherited from Middle English nonse, nones.)

Nonce (2, in Britain and Ireland) means: A sex offender, especially one who perpetrates against children.
(Etymology 2 is dated 1975, in British criminal slang.) French equivalent: #pointeur

More: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonce

#homonyms #incel #masculinism #reputation #fragility #maleFragility #manliness #masculinity #virility #homophobia #teenagers #prison #maleViolence #badBoy #boys #gender #etymology #slang #linguistics #English #Adolescence #Netflix #crime #criminality

nonce - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Court Cantrell won't conformNov 18, 2024

In other news....

Long story short, I sang the first lines of "O Danny Boy" in front of the 12yo.

She said, "That song is just awkward. It makes me think of Mario."

Pipes.

Y'all, I DIED. 🤣

#homonyms

FarrenNov 8, 2024
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the absolute absurdity that is the English language. https://ddinstagram.com/reel/C-_El56RpwS/ #englishlanguage #homonyms
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SusannaAuthor Old White HippieSep 24, 2024

OMG. If this doesn’t prove my belief that every writer needs a good editor, then, well, may a hurricane bear down on me within the next 48 hours. . .

“Slim with a tight blonde ponytail, crossed legs in skinny jeans, and heels with telltale red souls, the woman sipped an iced beverage while reading a book.”

#homonyms #PoorWordChoices