[stylist] confusing similar words

[James Canaday M.A. N6YR]

oh there's the president or leader of a country named No, maybe is Korea.

well, I grew up near Elkhorn slough and jaws pronounces it 
sluff.  proper pronunciation seems to have been slew.  thus we have s 
l e w as the older english for kill or the more meaning to slide 
over.  and slough, a body of water where fresh and salt water meet 
including some marshing.  today called wetlands, because you can't 
call them swamps anymore.
there's rain (water coming from the sky) r a i n, and at least
two other homophones: r e i n (how you steer a horse),
  and r e i g n as the reign of a king.  of course r a y i n ' is 
almost pronounced the same.

anybody know whether to 'braille up' a sail on a sailing ship is 
spelled like our dot language system and its creator Louis 
Braille?  if it is b r a i l than you have another pair of homophones.

oh!  it is such a specialized term I didn't think my wordweb would 
have it, but b r a i l refers to a small fishing net,  or a small 
rope, as well as  to taking in a sail with a small rope.  so, b r a i 
l and b r a i l l e are homophones.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS


At 04:08 PM 8/30/2009, you wrote:
>If Jaws pronounces s o u g h as Suff, Jaws is wrong.   What can I say?
>It's not so common a word.
>The artificial intelligence behind Jaws is taking tough (t o u g h) as
>its model.
>
>Consider:   taught, laugh, laughter, slaughter, though, thought
>Similar spellings, different pronunciations.
>
>Some more:
>r i g h t and r i t e and w r i t e
>m i g h t and m i t e
>r a i s e and r a z e (which have opposite meanings)
>
>
>As for No (n o) as the leader of a kingdom, I never heard of that one!
>Lori
>In a message dated 8/29/09 11:03:55 PM, n6yr at sunflower.com writes:
>
>
> >
> > I Knew about  sow, which can be pronounced  like sew as in
> > clothes.  but it is pronounced different if it refers to a female pig.
> > I'd never heard of sough, and jaws pronounces it as suff!
> >
> > oh in my post here, there's h e r e and not to be confused with h e a
> > r.  there's k n o w not to be confused with no-the negative, No-the
> > leader of  a country, Noe a name [pronounced no or nowee] ...
> > jc
> >
> >
>
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