A list of 107 words by ruzuzu.
- Jerseywas added by andadts and appears on 6 lists
- jerseywas added by andadts and appears on 27 lists
- chilewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 24 lists
- Chilewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 11 lists
- Japanwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 17 lists
- japanwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 32 lists
- Leewas added by 618717989 and appears on 3 lists
- leewas added by 618717989 and appears on 65 lists
- frankwas added by rolig and appears on 50 lists
- Frankwas added by rolig and appears on 10 lists
- welshwas added by rolig and appears on 19 lists
- Welshwas added by rolig and appears on 6 lists
- scotchwas added by rolig and appears on 56 lists
- Scotchwas added by rolig and appears on 7 lists
- danishwas added by rolig and appears on 18 lists
- Danishwas added by rolig and appears on 8 lists
- moroccowas added by rolig and appears on 23 lists
- Moroccowas added by rolig and appears on 10 lists
- mobilewas added by rolig and appears on 40 lists
- Mobilewas added by rolig and appears on 4 lists
- russianwas added by rolig and appears on 11 lists
- Russianwas added by rolig and appears on 10 lists
- artwas added by rolig and appears on 93 lists
- Artwas added by rolig and appears on 5 lists
- tangierwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
- Tangierwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 lists
- sloughwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 69 lists
- Sloughwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 lists
- mesawas added by ruzuzu and appears on 31 lists
- Mesawas added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 lists
- rainierwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 7 lists
- Rainierwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 lists
- piedmontwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 15 lists
- Piedmontwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 5 lists
- natalwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 24 lists
- Natalwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 lists
- mouseholewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 5 lists
- Mouseholewas added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- masswas added by ruzuzu and appears on 46 lists
- Masswas added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- timewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 132 lists
- Timewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 8 lists
- lifewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 113 lists
- Lifewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 7 lists
- romanwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 17 lists
- Romanwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 12 lists
- italicwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 18 lists
- Italicwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 7 lists
- herbwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 43 lists
- Herbwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 lists
- germanwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 23 lists
- Germanwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 14 lists
- godwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 77 lists
- Godwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 24 lists
- gallicwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 9 lists
- Gallicwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
- fiatwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 100 lists
- Fiatwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 7 lists
- cubanwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 8 lists
- Cubanwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
- colognewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 14 lists
- Colognewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 5 lists
- celtwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 11 lists
- Celtwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 lists
- cancerwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 52 lists
- Cancerwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 6 lists
- caloriewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 16 lists
- Caloriewas added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- areswas added by ruzuzu and appears on 14 lists
- Areswas added by ruzuzu and appears on 10 lists
- arabicwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 16 lists
- Arabicwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 8 lists
- alpinewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 26 lists
- Alpinewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 8 lists
- mosaicwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 58 lists
- Mosaicwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
- maywas added by ruzuzu and appears on 52 lists
- Maywas added by ruzuzu and appears on 6 lists
- marchwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 41 lists
- Marchwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 11 lists
- sconewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 30 lists
- Sconewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 lists
- nicewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 77 lists
- Nicewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 7 lists
- limawas added by ruzuzu and appears on 10 lists
- Limawas added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 lists
- readingwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 38 lists
- Readingwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 lists
- polewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 30 lists
- Polewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 5 lists
- polishwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 45 lists
- Polishwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 10 lists
- lentwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 24 lists
- Lentwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 lists
- jobwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 47 lists
- Jobwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 7 lists
- ionicwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 21 lists
- Ionicwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 6 lists
- catholicwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 85 lists
- Catholicwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 5 lists
- billwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 57 lists
- Billwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
- augustwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 146 lists
- Augustwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 9 lists
- chinawas added by ruzuzu and appears on 49 lists
- Chinawas added by ruzuzu and appears on 16 lists
- turkeywas added by ruzuzu and appears on 62 lists
- Turkeywas added by ruzuzu and appears on 10 lists
sionnach commented on the list capitonyms-and-capitonyms
But, but, but... I thought to be a capitonym the pronunciation of the word in question has to change, depending on the capitalization status. See, e.g., my necessarily skimpier version of this list. March may not apply to my august list.
November 17, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the list capitonyms-and-capitonyms
I know... in my heart I felt I was cheating by going with the current Wikipedia definition: "a word that changes its meaning (and sometimes pronunciation)."
Wordnik doesn't have a definition for capitonym up yet.
November 17, 2009
milosrdenstvi commented on the list capitonyms-and-capitonyms
As a young child I was amused by a joke about an accident in a restaurant, involving the fall of Turkey, the ruin of Greece, and the breaking up of China...
November 17, 2009
rolig commented on the list capitonyms-and-capitonyms
Great list, Ru! I love "Tangier/tangier" – never considered that before.
November 19, 2009
rolig commented on the list capitonyms-and-capitonyms
I would question only the inclusion of commercial names, such as Fiat, Time, and Life, which would basically mean you would include any word that had a magazine or newspaper named after it (Look/look, Times/times, Sun/sun etc.).
November 19, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the list capitonyms-and-capitonyms
I've been thinking that I should have used a different name for this list--"Capital Capitals" or something....
The lack of capitalization in YOW made it possible to ignore proper nouns, trademarks, etc. (everything was equal). Now that we can differentiate, it seemed as if we needed a triage unit to start to deal with the pairs of words where capitalization actually makes a difference (or at least the ones that bug us the most).
Respectfully submitted,
Cap N. Hand
November 19, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the list capitonyms-and-capitonyms
The current definition over on capitonym has "meaning" and "sound." I've edited the description for this list accordingly.
The fox is always right.
November 5, 2010