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Words Pronounced the Same but Spelled Different
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Coal - cole0
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Shoo ~ Shoe (shoo is a valid scrabble word) I checked
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Lol JC! That's good to know!
Roll - role
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LOL almost 50 years ago I bought a recipe book from Amish country...it had a recipe for Shoo-Fly Pie!! Then there is the song...Shoo Fly don't bother me! So for some reason Shoo came to mind this morning and I had to make sure it was a valid word.
RING ~ WRING1 -
JC you could add "shew" to your list if you are reading the KJV of the Bible
Spyder - spider1 -
Good idea, Linda!!
Shoo ~ Shoe ~ Shew (also a valid scrabble word)!! 0 -
Great teamwork, JC and Linda!
Christmas - Xmas0 -
Wow awesome words everyone, thank you for keeping up with the team while I have been away struggling with health issues, right now can’t think it will come back later! Appreciate your kindness JC Susan and Linda and Marilyn
I’m back to try again: 8:45am
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When I first heard people using X-mas in place of Christmas I was upset thinking people did not want to use the word Christ but I learned differently. You probably know the difference but I looked it up and this is what Google says: "In the Greek alphabet, X is the symbol for the letter 'chi. ' Chi (or X) is the first letter in the Greek word for Christ. In the early days of the Christian church, Christians used the letter X as a secret symbol to indicate their membership in the church to others." Maybe some people are using the X to get rid of Christ but according to this, they are still using what the early Christians did for the word Christ.
Ascent - assent
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Yes, I knew some of that, Linda but thank you for finding more information 🙂 Judith, we miss you but do understand about your health. 🙏
Queue - cue
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Bred ~ Bread1
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Thank you Linda for sharing, appreciated!
It’s good to be back posting with you all! 🤗
Herd- Heard1 -
Flyer ~ Flier (I couldn't think of any today so borrowed from a previous page)0
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Key - quay
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Peer- Pier0
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Kay - que - K (the letter K is not really a word I realize)
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Seen ~ Scene1
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Lamb - lam1
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Seen - Scene0
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Practice - practise
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Petal ~ Pedal ~ Peddle this might not be a homophone but in my area most do not pronounce the T distinctly so maybe I will call it a Regional homophone1
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War - wore1
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Board ~ Bored1
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Eerie - Eyrie - Erie1
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Capital - capitol
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Fax ~ Facts1
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Isle - aisle1
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Scent- Sent0
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and "cent" Judith
Daze - days
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dae - day - dey1
