Saturday, January 3, 2015

More soundalikes

Automatic spell checkers and predictive text keep changing what you write. (Right - correct; write with a pen. A wright is a worker, wheelwright, playwright.

deer - animal
dear - expensive; term of endearment (affection or love)

er - hesitation
err - make a mistake

hangar, hanger
hangar - with a twice is the aircraft building
hanger - hangs your clothes

Lightning - thunder and
lightening - getting a lighter colour, soufflé, or less weight

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