When it rains, the reins of the reins of the reigning queen's horses get wet.
Veronica
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When it rains, the reins of the reins of the reigning queen's horses get wet.
Veronica
Durning my reign as queen I will try to rein in the rain.
OK, next:
For
Fore
Four
spazz
This may be my all time favorite comic strip.
http://comics.com/pearls_before_swin...arch=&x=49&y=9
We LOOOOOVE Pearls Before Swine -- fight over the paper in the morning to see who gets the first gut-busting guffaw of the day!Quote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
My bulletin board is filled with scads of cycling ephemera and two comics: the conjugal visits one you hyperlinked and this one -- http://comics.com/pearls_before_swine/2009-01-02/.
Love it!
I finally signed up for a daily email from comics.com which I can get on my iPod (before I even get out of bed). No paper-wrangling now.
She smiled as the call of "FORE" came through the window from the golfers as she contemplated the four remaining pieces of chocolate-nut fudge they had left for later.Quote:
Originally Posted by spazzdog
Tiger Woods won't be yelling "Fore" for he had at least four illicit affairs.
I had a friend in college who was dyslexic - spell check was his savior, but indeed homophones were his worst enemy. They are also seriously challenging for the people I know who speak English as a second language.
Their, there, they're
They're having their party there...
Oh, jeez. I read that as homophobes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eden
It makes complete sense as a standalone statement but in this thread I had a "where the heck did that come from" reaction.
Ok so now we do the "change one letter to change the entire sentence" game.Quote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
But it makes sense. With enemies like that who needs friends? :rolleyes: :p
and now because I live and work in Spanish, where you spell things exactly how they sound, I have transferred that ability to English, which drives my mother crazy in emails "were i right whatever letters/words first come to mind an then use the wrong their/there/they're all over the place".
Homophones were the bane of my existence when I was teaching English. Some kids never learned the differences/usages no matter what hands-on activities I tried. And judging from communication with other adults, a lot of people don't know correct usage for things like there/their/they're.
There there, dear. I'm sure they're all doing their best for you over there.
How about discreet/discrete?