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And none to soon I see.....Cindy's Grammar Moment
(This is mostly for us geeks... kof-kof Banty, Saff...)
DH just asked me if my coffee was percolating. I use a French press so I said, "It's steeping." For some reason I wondered what the name was for words that are spelled the same, sound the same, and have unrelated meanings. I didn't think it was a homonym. That's for words that sound alike but have different meanings and are spelled differently, right? I'm pretty sure that's what my third grade teacher said... (but that was a looooong time ago).
Anyway here's the run-down:
Homograph: Spelled alike; sound differently; have different meanings. lead/lead "Lead me to the waterin' hole." "Imma go send some lead down-range. Gotta sight in mah rifle"
Homophone: Spelled differently; sound alike; have different meanings: herd/heard "I heard the herd bellerin' down by the watering hole."
Homonym: Spelled the same; sound the same; different meanings: cleave/cleave Cleave to your better half. A gem cutter cleaves crystals along their cleavage lines. A bra... (nevermind)
Bottom line: it WAS a homonym. So there you go. Your daily insight into the strange workings of a grammar nazi's thought patterns.