……………and how about these …….?
Diphthong – Two vowels conjoined in sound and beloved by Professor Henry Higgins
Dip-thong, a little bit of string that some girls wear when they go swimming. Like a thong.
A diphthong joins together, whilst a dip-thong holds apart.
Grey and green, two colours, not always distinguishable by the optically impaired.
Grey and Green, a British Coach Company in the 60’s, perhaps?
Graham Greene, famous British author, “Our Man in Havana”.
Graham Greene took the Grey and Green, but couldn’t see the difference between grey and green.
Veneration, venerated…………..to be held in awe, or high esteem.
Veneered………..very thin layer of wood.
Charlemagne was veneered throughout Christendom.
And from Sky News in July. Kate Burley / Burly / Burleigh, the newscaster, spoke about a tw0-month anniversary. Who writes this rubbish? Doesn’t she read or check it? Perhaps a mesi-versary? Or actually, “it is two months to the day”, would be a lot better.
Refrain, the chorus, repeated, in a song or musical work.
Refrain, stop, cease, desist, don’t do it.
Please refrain from humming that refrain, it’s sending me mad.
Gaul, a froggie, originally an inhabitant of central Europe.
Gall, a hard round ball often found attached to the branches of oak trees and used to make medieval ink.
Gall, bitterness.
Gall, to provoke, annoy.
Shed, small wooden house often placed in the back gardens of the suburban English.
Shared, divided.
The shed was shared between them.
Vocation, a calling, a comittment.
Vacation, a holiday.
He took a vacation from his vocation.
Sid Knee, an Australian.
Harry Kiwi, a suicidal Japanese fruit tree planter.
Dip-thong, a little bit of string that some girls wear when they go swimming. Like a thong.
A diphthong joins together, whilst a dip-thong holds apart.
Grey and green, two colours, not always distinguishable by the optically impaired.
Grey and Green, a British Coach Company in the 60’s, perhaps?
Graham Greene, famous British author, “Our Man in Havana”.
Graham Greene took the Grey and Green, but couldn’t see the difference between grey and green.
Veneration, venerated…………..to be held in awe, or high esteem.
Veneered………..very thin layer of wood.
Charlemagne was veneered throughout Christendom.
And from Sky News in July. Kate Burley / Burly / Burleigh, the newscaster, spoke about a tw0-month anniversary. Who writes this rubbish? Doesn’t she read or check it? Perhaps a mesi-versary? Or actually, “it is two months to the day”, would be a lot better.
Refrain, the chorus, repeated, in a song or musical work.
Refrain, stop, cease, desist, don’t do it.
Please refrain from humming that refrain, it’s sending me mad.
Gaul, a froggie, originally an inhabitant of central Europe.
Gall, a hard round ball often found attached to the branches of oak trees and used to make medieval ink.
Gall, bitterness.
Gall, to provoke, annoy.
Shed, small wooden house often placed in the back gardens of the suburban English.
Shared, divided.
The shed was shared between them.
Vocation, a calling, a comittment.
Vacation, a holiday.
He took a vacation from his vocation.
Sid Knee, an Australian.
Harry Kiwi, a suicidal Japanese fruit tree planter.
