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Bi-sonics

A list of 138 words by oroboros.

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See allophonic homograph. Words that are pronounced at least 2 ways, having different senses. 'august' and 'polish' are less ambiguous since capitalization make the correct pronunciation clear (at least when they don't begin a sentence!). See also heteronym and capitonym

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  • nkocharh commented on the list bi-sonics

    Excellent! I particularly like "primer" and "august", though I think "slough" will have to be my favorite. Favorited. :-)

    December 13, 2006

  • nkocharh commented on the list bi-sonics

    initiate, supposed

    December 16, 2006

  • asativum commented on the list bi-sonics

    Lead

    (On a related note, I was very surprised to find some Polish remover at a store once.)

    December 16, 2006

  • oroboros commented on the list bi-sonics

    thanx for these good ones :o)

    December 17, 2006

  • asativum commented on the list bi-sonics

    Just ran across a couple more today: entrance (to captivate, and something you go in through) and intern (to imprison, and a low-paid or unpaid employee in training)

    December 18, 2006

  • asativum commented on the list bi-sonics

    I keep running across these now. Another, at the grocery store: produce

    December 21, 2006

  • bilby commented on the list bi-sonics

    I just wonder whether ass (beast of burden; body part) is pronounced identically for both senses wherever you live? In Australia no, but then again we often use the spelling arse for the latter.

    November 22, 2007

  • bilby commented on the list bi-sonics

    Today I read: "Thérèse was the only Saint to be

    given recognition as a Doctor of the Church during Pope John Paul II's pontificate." Now if this noun rhymes with certificate then it would be different to its verbal pronounciation.

    November 22, 2007

  • chained_bear commented on the list bi-sonics

    Yes, bilby, that noun rhymes with certificate. And yes, where I live, "ass" is pronounced the same way whether denoting body part or donkey. I think you have a couple of winners.

    November 22, 2007

  • oroboros commented on the list bi-sonics

    I'll ditto c_b's ass comment. And pontificate belongs on my bi-sonics list. Thanks bilby.

    November 22, 2007

  • bilby commented on the list bi-sonics

    Convict.

    November 23, 2007

  • mollusque commented on the list bi-sonics

    How about dogged?

    November 23, 2007

  • mollusque commented on the list bi-sonics

    Peeked.

    November 24, 2007

  • chained_bear commented on the list bi-sonics

    Secreted?

    November 24, 2007

  • oroboros commented on the list bi-sonics

    Thankyouvermuch, c_b. You'se a peach 'n more, and other such-like encomiata. :oD

    November 24, 2007

  • oroboros commented on the list bi-sonics

    Mollusque: I'm at sixes and sevens about 'peeked'. It doesn't ring a bell. Help me here. Is the second pronunciation 'keep ED'? and if, say, Hamlet din't say it, whassit mean?

    November 24, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list bi-sonics

    Mollusque, could you have meant "peaked" rather than "peeked"?

    November 24, 2007

  • mollusque commented on the list bi-sonics

    Oops, reesetee figured out the error of my ways. I'd like to claim that it was a typo (or a clever ruse), but it was a lapse. For "peaked" (pointed vs. pale) MW3 gives different first pronunciations, but OED2 gives the same pronunciation.

    November 24, 2007

  • mollusque commented on the list bi-sonics

    How about moped, perfect, and rebel? Recenter is another possibility, although most people would say "more recent" rather than "recenter". And then there's reset or resetter, to do with receiving stolen goods.

    November 25, 2007

  • bilby commented on the list bi-sonics

    Not a common one, but ... ton.

    November 26, 2007

  • oroboros commented on the list bi-sonics

    Thanks all. They just keep surfacing don't they?

    November 26, 2007

  • mollusque commented on the list bi-sonics

    How about predate?

    December 20, 2007

  • mollusque commented on the list bi-sonics

    Have you seen wiredweird's allophonic homographs? Short but sweet. Unionized led me to it.

    December 29, 2007

  • oroboros commented on the list bi-sonics

    Thanks mollusque. Didn't have that or lather. Also good to learn the proper term for these words.

    December 30, 2007

  • mollusque commented on the list bi-sonics

    How about preferment?

    March 8, 2008

  • mollusque commented on the list bi-sonics

    How about multiply?

    September 25, 2008

  • mollusque commented on the list bi-sonics

    Evening, oroboros.

    October 24, 2008

  • mollusque commented on the list bi-sonics

    Conference (meeting); conference (bestowal).

    November 14, 2008

  • mollusque commented on the list bi-sonics

    Tuberose!

    January 12, 2009

  • mollusque commented on the list bi-sonics

    Severer!

    February 14, 2010

  • oroboros commented on the list bi-sonics

    Done! Thanks, M.

    February 14, 2010