I’ve talked about the number nine; I’ve talked about the number eleven. What else is there? Homonyms are funny; how about homonyms of nine and eleven?
There is a homonym of nine, of course: nein. No. That’s German. I couldn’t find a homonym of eleven.
The only answer is to cheat: instead of making this post about the numbers or the date, I’ll make it about homonyms via my sneaky segue (‘I’ll make it about homonyms’).
For those people who have never heard of homonyms because they have a life, the definition I am talking about is of two words that sound the same but have different meanings:
homonym: a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning, and often a different spelling.
huminim: a street response to the question, ‘What is the peculiar noise coming from that fellow over there?’ ‘Hum, in’ ‘im?’
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Interesting facts about homonyms:
- …um…moving on…
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What Wikipedia has to say about homonyms:
- The state of being a homonym is called homonymy
What Tilly Bud has to say about Wikipedia:
- Good grief. Is that the best you can come up with?
What Wikipedia has to say about Tilly Bud’s response:
- No; try this for size: A further example of a homonym, which is both a homophone and a homograph, is fluke. Fluke can mean:
- A fish, and a flatworm.
- The end parts of an anchor.
- The fins on a whale’s tail.
- A stroke of luck.
What Tilly Bud has to say about Wikipedia’s response to her response:
- Is there a homonym for ‘moronic facts that are of no interest to my readers’?
What Wikipedia has to say about Tilly Bud’s response to Wikipedia’s response to her response:
- …um…moving on…
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Common Homonyms:
- hear/here
- there/their
- everywhere/everywear/everywere
- beetles/Beatles
- sense/cents/scents as in: Have some common sense – don’t spend your cents on expensive scents (unless it’s a gift for me)
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And that’s all, folks. This post was brought to you today by the number
and the number
Sesame Street has got nothing on me.
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Note: the image at the top of this post is of an albino camel. I included it for two reasons:
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I like saying, ‘albino camel’.
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Albino camels have got nothing to do with this post.
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Just as homonyms have got nothing to do with today’s date.
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And because I can’t count.
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Have you ever seen an albino carrot? Bet the camel would like one!
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No? Is there really such a thing?
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I don’t know, if there is such a thing as an albino carrot officially, but according to the carrot authority, Wikipedia, they are “usually orange in colour, though purple, red, white, and yellow varieties exist.” In an episode of House they tried to pass off Hemlock as “wild carrot.” We all know that hemlock root is white. Personally, I think they used parsnips for the prop. Daikon radishes also bear a resemblance to a white carrot.
There. Aren’t you glad you asked?
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I am. I think. 🙂
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Jock’s never embroidered an albino camel, or even an albino dromedary. I don’t think he’ll bother – the one in your pic is not very pretty.
Homonymically speaking, I’ll c you soon.
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Nice one 🙂
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I love the way your mind works….or rather…races around!
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Yes, ‘work’ is stretching it a bit 🙂
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Awe I love Wikipedia. Cracks me up.
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It is the fount of all knowledge, and then some 🙂
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Poor Tilly B ! Not quite herself today…maybe tomorrow
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This IS the real TB, Miss Dubya 🙂
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Pleeze, that’s an albino bacterian camel. Do you know the difference between a bacterian and a dromedary (the other kind of camel)? One begins with a B and has two humps and the other…….
The bacterian camel lives in the high dry cold parts of the world and was used on the silk roads. The Dromadary was used in the hot deserts. Both kinds of camels can go for long periods without a lot of water. They are related to Llamas found in Wisconsin.
Llamas replaced the cows that used to live in Wisconsin (Holstein cows from Germany) before they read Tilly Bud’s blog and went mad.
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😀 😀 😀
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Looks like you’re having fun with your blog, playing with words.
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Always!
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An amusing thing about 11
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You saw it here first! Thanks for sharing it again; it’s hilarious. I might re-post it at some point. It’s definitely worth watching again.
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That was too funny! Voice recognition software doesn’t do southern American accents well either; I can’t tell you how many times I’ve almost slammed down the phone while talking to one of those blasted auto menu things. 🙂
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You say you can’t count, but I’d just like you to know, you do count, in my book 🙂
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You are sweet. But you don’t win COWA 🙂
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I wasn’t trying to…..
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Homonymy. So gate and gait have homonymy. I think it sounds quite cosy.
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🙂
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I love the word homonymy. I don’t like typing it though. And I love this post (blog entry, mail, job, thing that holds up a fence, breakfast cereal brand, afterwards – I was hoping to come up with 9 or 11 meanings but I’m tired now).
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Cereal brand? Haven’t heard of that one.
You did very well, Patti (Patty) 🙂
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Homonyms are useful for spotting non-Scots. “Tied” and “tide” are homonyms in England, but not here. Same can go for “curtain” and “certain” in some parts, I believe.
Right. Must get a life.
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So glad you don’t or I would have missed a laugh. 🙂
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Homonyms Homonyms … Hope you enjoyed your exploration of the number. 🙂
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I really did, thank you 🙂
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I have a funny eleven story. 😀
We had a colleague of my husband and his family over for dinner. The little boy was called Levin.
My son wanted something passed across the table and started saying, “Ten, Ten… Ten…”
I asked him what’s with the “Ten?”
He answered, “I want the attention of that boy who’s named after a number!”
A bit of the point, but your post brought it back to me.
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‘E leavin’? Nein!
*innocently* We spent our homonym on a tropical island, actually.
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I bet you’re not innocent at all 🙂
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Homonymy? Sounds like the process of making hominy corn or something… 😉
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I have no comprehension of what you just said 🙂
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