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@MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social to memes@lemmy.world • 3 months ago

Language is fun.

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Language is fun.

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@MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social to memes@lemmy.world • 3 months ago
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  • @CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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    192•3 months ago

    “Like a kid in a candy store”, kid = baby goat instead of human child.

    • Jesus
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      37•3 months ago

      I should start saying “like a goat in a candy store”

    • @NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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      31•3 months ago

      Ah yes, of course

      • mosiacmango
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        3 months ago

        homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings. Their/there/they’re are classic examples.

        • konalt
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          39•3 months ago

          That’s a homophone, a homonym is a word that is spelled and pronounced the same but has different meanings, like “tap” as in “faucet” and “tap” as in the action of tapping a surface.

          • Evkob (they/them)
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            Technically, it is a homonym. Homonyms are separated into two categories, homophones (sound the same but spelled differently, such as they’re/their/there) and homographs, which are spelled the same but have different meanings, such as lead (the metal) and lead (the verb).

            • @tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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              3•3 months ago

              Handy chart

            • @moody@lemmings.world
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              -9•3 months ago

              Led is not spelled the same as lead.

              • Evkob (they/them)
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                8•3 months ago

                Led is the past tense of the verb “to lead”.

                Led is a homophone of lead (the metal) whereas lead is a homograph of lead (again, the metal).

              • @itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                8•3 months ago

                yes, but lead is

              • @prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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                7•3 months ago

                Lead however is spelled the same as lead, so their point remains.

    • @Dicska@lemmy.world
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      14•3 months ago

      kid = baby goat

      I was today years old (non-native).

    • @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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      I thought it was store (shop) and store (storage) but yours makes more sense

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