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Homo WHAT? You're fired, pervert

Post by Hermit » Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:08 am

Clarke Woodger makes his money by owning a school that teaches English to da forreners. One of his teachers, Tim Torkildson, published an article about homophones in his blog. You know, stuff like this:
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This upset Clarke. He said "People at this level of English … may see the 'homo' side and think it has something to do with gay sex." and fired Tim.

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Re: Homo WHAT? You're fired, pervert

Post by Svartalf » Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:46 am

Well, the guy is obviously skilled, let's hope he'll find work for a less moronic boss soon.
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Post by Bella Fortuna » Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:50 am

STOP HOMOPHONIA!
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Post by Rum » Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:10 pm

Preverts everywhere!

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Post by tattuchu » Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:19 pm

He got fired from his job? That's gay!

p.s. This is Utah. Don't tell me, lemme guess...Mormons? :ddpan:
People think "queue" is just "q" followed by 4 silent letters.

But those letters are not silent.

They're just waiting their turn.

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Post by Svartalf » Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:28 pm

One M too many in that word you used.
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Post by rainbow » Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:39 pm

I'd fire someone who said ant and aunt were homophones.
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Post by pErvinalia » Fri Aug 01, 2014 1:46 pm

:lol: Yeah, I was thinking that too.
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Post by Hermit » Fri Aug 01, 2014 1:52 pm

In most of the USA ant and aunt are pronounced the same way.
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Post by pErvinalia » Fri Aug 01, 2014 1:55 pm

You don't say?
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Re: Homo WHAT? You're fired, pervert

Post by Hermit » Fri Aug 01, 2014 2:15 pm

Woodger was right with his suspicions.

Behold the Homophone!

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Post by tattuchu » Fri Aug 01, 2014 2:40 pm

Hermit wrote:In most of the USA ant and aunt are pronounced the same way.
Only in the retarded parts :sulk:
People think "queue" is just "q" followed by 4 silent letters.

But those letters are not silent.

They're just waiting their turn.

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Post by Hermit » Fri Aug 01, 2014 2:51 pm

tattuchu wrote:
Hermit wrote:In most of the USA ant and aunt are pronounced the same way.
Only in the retarded parts :sulk:
Right. Just 93.86% then. :P
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Post by JimC » Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:25 pm

Thank goodness most randomly selected pairs of words are heterophones!
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Re: Homo WHAT? You're fired, pervert

Post by piscator » Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:36 pm

Hermit wrote:In most of the USA ant and aunt are pronounced the same way.


In the US, it's mostly black folks who say, "Ont", or "On-tee". :dunno:




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