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Homonym Perfection

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Friday, April 17, 2009

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Yea, that's ten syllables of homophonic, grammatically correct, iambic pentameter beauty.
 

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mit professor wrote at 7:38am Apr 17
oooo hello alt text... randall?
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Eh... wrote at 10:18am Apr 17
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tofulou wrote at 5:28am Apr 17
perfection. i don't think anyone can top a 5.
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Buffalo wrote at 1:46am Apr 27
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
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Jason wrote at 11:20am Apr 29
what the eff-alo?
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Coolio wrote at 8:14am Jun 6
geeeeenius
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l wrote at 11:23am Jun 16
I think the Matt Pond PA poster on the wall is my favourite part.
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I wrote at 8:39am Jun 17
"Tunics" and "two hicks" are not perfect homophones: "too'-niks" versus "toon-hiks." Also, two is pronounced "too," but tune can be pronounced "toon" or "tyoon"
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Mike Gioia wrote at 8:46am Jun 17
@I: haha, yea but if you say it fast enough "tunics" sounds just like "tune hicks"
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flightlessbird wrote at 9:31am Jun 17
Sadly not homonyms in British English - none the less pretty brilliant
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Rudi wrote at 9:52am Jun 17
"Tune hicks" works as a homonym in American English because of a linguistic concept called "deletion". Forming the "h" sound immediately after the "n" is physically awkward for us, so we delete it.
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I HAVE MENTAL ISSUES wrote at 3:55am Jun 24
WOE WOAH WOW WOAWWWWZSERZ
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Buffalo 2 wrote at 1:47am Jul 3
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo.

Also valid.
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ex Buffalo wings addict wrote at 1:27am Jul 12
That's why I don't eat buffalo...
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Kayeos wrote at 2:53am Jul 14
Nice. ...And Rudi has a good point about deletion... whether the homonym is perfect in speech relies upon your dialect of English.
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Abberkadabbers wrote at 10:28am Jul 23
MATT POND PA RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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stinky pete wrote at 5:50am Jul 24
hick on left: you like my porn-stache? hick on right: yor geetar's bigger'n mah geetar. i oughtta kick yer commie butt.
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Rey wrote at 12:20pm Jul 30
To nix two nicks to Nick's two Knicks tunics, tune hicks. (six)
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Trevotillo wrote at 9:01am Aug 19
Ooh...nice, but I'd switch the order to make it flow: Two nicks to nix Nick's two Knicks tunics, Tune hicks. ...after all, what are the jerseys worth with the nicks?
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Trevotillo wrote at 9:02am Aug 19
Oh, and I'd make Nick a bit angrier--an accusation. :)
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Workisplay wrote at 11:14pm Sep 28
Quote Eddie Izzard, transvestite British stand up comedian: "You say "erbs," we say (noticeable vocalization of the H sound) "Herbs," because it has a fucking "H" in it."
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‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮҉ wrote at 6:59pm Sep 30
Говорит попугай попугаю: Я тебе, папугай, папугаю.
Папугай в ответ попугай: "Папугай, папугай, папугай!"
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Roachy Silence wrote at 7:21am Nov 23
if i read this page 1 more time, i'm sure my brain will melt
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mykesha wrote at 5:31pm Feb 14
this was pure genuis tunics tune hicks
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Chomsky's Dad wrote at 1:33pm Feb 16
props to the 'buffalo' comment. there are even better examples of the same principle in other languages, too (spanish, for example). and rudi is right about deletion. nice work, linguistics kids.
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Dane wrote at 10:34pm Feb 16
Ptoo! Nix!
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Infinitymaster wrote at 11:31pm Feb 17
The buffalo thing, however, is not iambic pentameter.

Therefore, "two nicks to Nick's two nicks tunics, tune hicks" is still at the top.
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Infinitymaster wrote at 11:32pm Feb 17
The buffalo thing, however, is not iambic pentameter.

Therefore, "two nicks to Nick's two nicks tunics, tune hicks" is still at the top.
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yo dawg wrote at 2:46am Feb 20
Penis penis Penis penis penis penis Penis penis is also gramatically correct
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Clever! wrote at 8:32pm Jul 31
IMA FIRIN MAH LAZOR!!!!
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