About Words

Shakespeare tells us ‘that which we call a rose| By any other name would smell as sweet’, but while many know the snippet of the speech, its wider context shows

I admit to loving puns.  It’s genetic.  I can’t help it.  I got it from my Dad 🙂   Let me give you an example… The classic ‘Man walked into

Do you know your thingummy from your doofer? Or is that a whatjamcallit you have there?

I’ve been thinking about odd words again. It’s a hazard of the job, and I could probably get tablets for it, I know, but there it is!

Words that are spelled differently, but sound the same – with sentences to illustrate them. I had fun – can you tell?

I have been informed by my sister Steph that a word like tear, that can be pronounced in two different ways, is called a homograph, meaning written the same. I