[Leica] Re: Pan F - Pyro First shot (Mark Rabiner)

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

>> Spelt the same but when pronounced differently means something different.
>> What are they called anyway?
> 
> Heteronymic homographs - a type of homonym that is spelled the same
> (homograph) but is pronounced differently (heteronym).
> 
> All that edurkashun my parents bought me years ago obviously did something,
> even if I am still hopeless at number learnin`.
> 
> Marty
> 
> 
> 
> axes[plural of axis] and axes[plural of ax or axe]
> bass[fish] and bass[instrument]
> bow[noun] and bow[verb]
> buffet[furniture] and buffet[strike]
> close[as in near] and close[to shut]
> conduct[actions] and conduct[musical verb]
> content[satisfied] and content[information]
> convict[verb] and convict[noun]
> desert (abandon) and desert (arid region)
> does[female animals] and does[verb]
> dove[bird] and dove[past of dive]
> entrance[verb] and entrance[noun]
> invalid[adjective] and invalid[noun]
> live[verb] and live[adjective]
> minute[time] and minute[small]
> object[noun] and object[verb]
> polish[association with Poland] and polish[verb]
> primer[elementary textbook] and primer[undercoat of paint]
> produce[verb] and produce[noun]
> read[present tense] and read[past tense]
> record[noun] and record[verb]
> row[a noisy disturbance] and row[verb]
> sewer[person who sews] and sewer[noun]
> sow[verb] and sow[noun]
> subject[noun] and subject[verb]
> tear[noun] and tear[verb]
> wind[noun] and wind[verb]
> wound[injure] and wound[put in a coil]
> 
> Probably there are more . . . is English the only language where this 
> happens
> commonly?


I'm going to deliberate on this list very deliberately.

Mark William Rabiner
Harlem, NY

rabinergroup.com