[stylist] Homonyms

[Bill Outman]

Oh that  example of bizarre and bazaar reminds me of my typing class back at
the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired.  We were required to learn to
touch type there which was a good thing even for those of us with functional
vision as I had at the time.  This was good for me when I started using
computers as a total.  

We had a spelling list we learned each week and the teacher got this one
wrong.  She had us use b a z a a r to mean strange or unusual, rather than b
I z a r r e.  

I've actually thought about calling a business Bill's Bizarre Bazaar if I
started one in which I was selling a variety of items.  

Bill Outman 


-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Donna Hill
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:05 AM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [stylist] Homonyms

Bridgit,
I checked this out, but it's very simplistic and just seems to cover the
most basic homonyms. It didn't even have whose and who's. I'd like to see
something with the ones that those of us who have the basics would miss. I'm
thinking of grisly and grizzly, for instance bazaar and bizarre, Lune and
loon ... those sorts of things. I wonder if there's a book out there?
Donna


-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 7:26 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] Homonyms

Donna and others,

Check this site out for homonyms:

http://www.livejournal.com/resources/homonyms.bml

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:46:03 -0400
From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] Pet PVS- spelling and grammar errors and
	nonvisual	tools
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Bridgit,
As a partial, I went from laboring over print to reading audio books, so my
spelling suffered greatly. I'm not a great Braille reader, but it opened my
eyes to my inner world of assumptions that were wrong. One thing I've
learned is that I don't have homonyms down. I wonder if there's an
exhaustive, accessible listing of English homonyms out there.
It seems there is no end to them. 
Donna


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