How are lose and loose homonyms? They don't sound alike at all.
They do in some accents.
Heck - with enough alcohol any two words can sound the same.
Homonyms are words with different meanings but the same pronunciation. What about words with the same pronunciation and meaning - but different spellings?
For example - in maths a flat featureless area is a 'plane'.
In Geography a flat featureless is a 'plain'.
Each specialty uses the same word but has their own variation of spelling. Like in legal terms (at least here) 'inclosed' is used instead of 'enclosed' - it looks like a typo but is just an archaic reference to an archaic law ... so ends up with its own specialised meaning.
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BTW - I'm still trying to understand
'Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo'
With the aide of discussions on the subject I've translated it to:
"New York bison New York bison harrass harrass New York Bison" which doesn't make sense.
I can kinda make sense if it was "New York bison harassing New York bison harrasses New York bison" ... which would be more like " 'People hurting people' hurts people".
Can someone translate the New York bisons harrassment sentence for me? I can look up the meaning - but I can't put the words in the sentence in a way that make sense.
Mac
