Add Homonyms...

One tow truck company's name is Tow Jam... or was it Toe Jam ?

Neenie,

You are getting REALLY good at this (spell cheque is great).

This was the first article I came back to this morning, just for the fun. You have started my day the right way.

Thank you

Well in life, are you a wreckless driver or a reckless driver?

Right now I'm more of a feckless driver. LOL

*the undertaker

Good mourning.

Aye always wish I had a camera

Yeah. Me two. Butt eye never deaux. May bee won day eye will bye me won. Guess eye yam out of luck til then. Luv this article. :P

Ha! Sorry about that.

I also wanted to mention that the "lose"/"loose" dichotomy is neither homonymous nor homophonous, as they have different spellings and are pronounced differently. Are they "similar" (however we choose to quantify that)? Yes, perhaps explaining the confusion. But with respect to being "similar" based on the specific set of criteria necessary to be either a homonym or homophone - same spelling and/or same pronunciation - both requirements are unmet.

Spelling: "Lose" as in "msiplace"/"not win" is spelled with one "o," while "loose" as in "not tight" has two "o"s; thus, they are not homonyms.

Pronunciation: "Lose" as in "misplace"/"not win" is pronounced [lu:z] with a relatively longer vowel and voiced terminal [z], while "loose" as in "not tight" is pronounced [lus] with a relatively shorter vowel and a voiceless terminal [s]; thus, they are not homophones.

Clearer now?

*laughs maniacally*

Syntactic -- I knew that also, but since it was used in the article, I thought I could get away with it! They are pronounced differently: loose, using the "s" sound; lose, using a "z' sound. Remember, this article is only for us maniacs - one with excessive enthusiasm for something - I'm not sure if just "laughs maniacally" qualifies! (joking)

That's uh bummer to, eye have a face four radio.

Me two, and a voice four print.

sounds like air waives and picks!

Slow down y'all. They did reduce the legal dose of tylenol this week and y'all are giving me a headache!! I won't even try to play along. I'm competely out of my league!

Very cute!

Thier our men-knee of thees too play with. Eye dew knot no witch two choose. If eye half to pick, it wood bee awl those ewe used. ;0 )

hey Ben-- Is your last name Dover? Would that make you a homonym?

No. That's not write

You want to leave our little union here Victoria? Does that mean you want to succeed?

Y S, I want two suck seed.

I hate when you improve on my comments :-)

I M sew sari!

I'm obviously up against a master......

Okay here.

"F U N E X?"

"S, V F X"

"O, I 8 M I C"

"U 8 1 2?"

Okay, now I'll give up.

AB, C D Monkey?

L! M N O Monkey!

O S, M R Monkey. C M P N?

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AB, C D Goldfish?

L! M N O Goldfish!

O S, M R Goldfish. C D B D I's?

Okay! Stop! I concede.......

I genuflect in your presence.

I'm so humbled.......

Aw, that's not necessary. They ain't original. I just like 'em!

Reminds me of a joke about, what's the diff between a tribe of pygmies and a girl's track team?

One is a cunning bunch of runts ...

I know - that's not exactly it - just jarred the memory banks.

Do not flame me.

That was a cunning stunt.

Yank thou! (Doesn't sound right, but the letter shift works...)

Vw -- 18.1, very funny!

Older than dirt, but still a giggler!

:)

VW

Now THAT requires intelligence! Kinda makes ad homonym sound like baby-talk!

The joys of metathesis. =)

I've had ti many martoonies.

Reminds me of, "Officer, I'm not as think as you drunk I am."

"Grits and shins" I just had that for breakfast.

Victoria, you don't seem as think as you drunk you are.

On right!

(Go to Google and steal something. I will not tell.)

Well, since I use such a cryptic screen name, I have no doubt that my identity is well concealed and they'll be none the wiser.

What? Think they're on to me??

OK. Thanks for the tip. Time for that Rottie I've been meaning to buy ...

I scroll down the tracker and do not nuke the ones I wanna visit. You're on there. I wish I had a better system ...

Hey neenie, watch the "nutball" stuff. There's a certain (nutball) that will come after you! (ask V!) ---teasing, btw.

I'll be your witness...

Hey CL1 Thanks for watching back on that articel where we all were attacked by afew certain someones.

I would have said something but did not want to stir up trouble.

Thanks neenie for letting me go off topic. (((HUGS)))

Thanks for the "Thanks" that I don't deserve. I tried to keep my cool when I saw what was happening. Instead of freakin' out after my attack, I tried to 'play' with soft-sarcasm, as I call it. I wanted to go after another attacker that was actually doing more damage, but felt like you and didn't. I did attempt to help a friend in the situation that was attempting to help me, but never got a response from those I contacted to clear up any confusion. Hope all is well.

No, I mean for writing your articles and stories and books...nutball.

Personally, I just start writing. Then I edit. If I like it, I publish it. If not, it gets deleted.

Probably why I have such a small audience. ;0 )

neenie, on your 21.8, how do you know it "sucked"? Maybe it didn't. Try it - we might like it! In your question, sounds like you are saying you make some notes and expound while you are typing. Is that what you do?

Thanks, neenie. I wonder if anyone else feels like I do about writing here on NV. This is my tenth month on this site. I've encountered a few that say they are writing a book and looking for material they might be able to use. That really bothers me. That's plagiarism, isn't it? I doubt anything I contribute has value for them, however, some say they get ideas for their stories, also. Even that bothers me. So the story writers here get some little pittance (sp) and the writer gets thousands for your ideas? Nice. Well, that's the reason why I refuse to put a lot of time and energy into posting or anything else. So now all reading this probably hate me! Oh, and that's why I think some authors delete their articles. No proof exists that it was said previously.

Not if you're the one writing it! You can steal words, which is wrong, you can get inspired (like Augur Well) by commentary and your own conversations! That's where most of mine hit me. In fact, you will not hear from me for awhile - got bit by one that should be good!

I'm waiting for my thousands to kick in.

Go for it, CL - I have been archiving every one of the stories I post here into chapeters for a book of "short stories." I may go back into my own strings, Like Rock and Roll War Stories, and search through all the comments because some of mine are little stories of my own, even if what I had to say was inspired within the conversation.

Step one - be an inspiration

Step two - be inspired

Step three - get yer butt in gear and start writing!!!

XO,

VDub

Thanks, V..you have an inspirational attitude and a big heart. I understand your points and agree.

Have you ever seen the site, Davis research or to that effect? You can contact them to submit an idea for them to research and help you patent. Like a fool, I played into all of their advertising, and being the first time I had involved myself in anything like that, didn't think of questions to ask regarding money. So I fell along with all of their questions and gave my input on my idea, only to be told later that I had to pay them $14K for them to research it. Of course I expected them to benefit financially, but I thought there would be risks to them as well as myself, and we all might lose. If they would have discussed the money upfront, I never would have submitted my idea. Even though NV is upfront about everything, I still feel a little 'sneakiness' going on. Several times over the last several months I noticed articles on msnbc pop up regarding subjects I mentioned. Coincidence? probably. But I just can't get over the feeling of being used here. Reminds me of the government - give me LOTS to prosper by and I'll give you little or nothing in return!

I do plan on writing, just not sure what or where at the moment. Love reading your stuff when I see it, and will really enjoy any future books or articles.

You're truly a special person. Hope you don't get sucked in by all of those thousands!

Hiya

Don't know why, and it's probably not prudent, but I never think about that stuff. I am not very observant. And sort of one of those wide-eyed optimistic types.

No matter. I do hope you write and post a little something soon. One you don't have a huge vested interest in. I've talked two people into it within a week, and one is off to the races and having a ball! The other just posted his, so we'll see ...

VW

V...great attitude. My crystal ball says...you are going to live a LONG time! --Thanks!

Really! So I should forget about the asteroid? Cool! Thanks!!

some say they get ideas for their stories, also. Even that bothers me.

I generally write about things that have happened to me and attempt to be funny. However, I have no problem with others getting ideas from what I write.

All of us read, have personal experiences and other items that go into our heads. All of that can effect what we write or even how we write. It can be inspiration, shape our opinions, ideology and beliefs or even become a part of us when we can relate what has been written into our own lives.

If I write something and put it out there for public consumptionm, I can't control other folks. If somebody gets ideas from something I write, well, more power to them. Maybe they'll write something I can steal from.

USAF & believer,

Gosh, I thought I'd start getting some flack a lot sooner than this! - just joking with ya.

Well, I wonder if you both are missing my point just a teensy-weensy little bit - I do realize that if it goes into print, it's basically up for grabs - even though it is illegal to steal verbatim. People are going to do it. As for ideas, to me, it depends on how the original writer presented it and what the 'idea' is to some degree. If you have no problem with being inspirational to others, and watching them profit from something that you thought of first, that is blessing to you to have a nature like that. For me, my attitude is affected by who I see 'stealing' the ideas. I am not going to name any specifics, but when I see the same authors doing it repeatedly (not lately) and getting cazillion hits, but the author that had the idea got less than half of that in their seed, I get my 'feathers ruffled' just a little. I hope you two don't hate me now for being honest! ...Just the way it is. I'm glad you both commented. It's always good to get another perspective, imo.

I hope you two don't hate me now for being honest!

Oh yea, honesty always pisses me off, dammit. No Karma for you, CL1.

I'm kidding. Actually I'm usually impressed with your comments.

PS. I wouldn't put too much stock in my "perspective". I can be fairly iconoclastic. :-)

Whew! Thank you. I'm relieved. I have always enjoyed reading you and truly appreciate any help or feedback. I have a lot to learn here. Your iconoclasm becomes you!

I hope you two don't hate me now for being honest!

Nawwww. I follow what you are saying. I even agree to some extent.

Yet, I can't help but think about author such as Braum Stoker and all the authors who have written about Vampires since then. There are similarities in each and even his story "Dracula" came from folk stories that had been told before.

USAF -- So very true. Often the latter work is an improvement and a benefit to all of us as well as the author. In thinking more about this, I am just starting to get used to the idiosyncrasies of blogging, and need more time to accept everything that goes with it. Thank you for your reply. It helped, really.

I M sad. Y?

I sew sew bleu four u.

Good point.