tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post3805327437953622011..comments2024-03-28T13:58:45.797-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Oh, Those HomophonesCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-91697313001248211872010-06-24T16:42:51.601-04:002010-06-24T16:42:51.601-04:00easy to confuse 'homophones' and homophobe...easy to confuse 'homophones' and homophobes', much in the news lately.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14147241257381928706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-38655068668924660822010-06-23T12:53:33.241-04:002010-06-23T12:53:33.241-04:00Sorry, Anonymous, but I found this so deliciously ...Sorry, Anonymous, but I found this so deliciously funny that, after delivering William back home, I walked back to where I'd seen this bag out on the sidewalk to snap a picture of it.<br /><br />Homophones are words that sound alike but are spelled differently. Written on this bag is the message: "Free lightly worn close." The last word should have been "clothes"--articles of clothing--but instead what's written is the verb "close"--the opposite of "open."Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-49169428090557567832010-06-23T10:44:51.816-04:002010-06-23T10:44:51.816-04:00I don't get it..I don't get it..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com