DESCRIBING WORDS
Parasol,
for the sun.
Parachute,
for the fall.
Parliament,
talking place.
Some words beginning with P do not have the letter pronounced.
E.g. psychic, sikic, the P being silent, as in bath.
Pollyfiller is not used for stuffing parrots.
P's & Q's, pleases and thankyous, good manners.
Peas and queues,
also pees and queues.
Pulling your leg,
has anyone ever really done that?
PALINDROMES
Words, phrases or sentences, that when written in secretary script
often appear to read the same when reversed.
Mum
mum
Bad
bad
Sex at noon taxes. Sex at noon taxes.
PRONUNCIATIONS
Mr. Major an ex Prime Minister of Great Britain always pronounces-
Want(as in shunt; not-wont).
Estuary English: Spain-Iberia Essex pron. Spine which is another place altogether!
If the pronunciation of cough and cow, followed the same style as doff
and plough; then they should be spelled coff and cough,
Bough and bow should be bow and bough!
And perhaps potato should be spelled, or even spelt, poughtaytough!!!
An itinerant painter was engaged to letter a sign. The man used the
provided piece of wood vertically instead of horizontally, and
wasn't very good with his spacing, and instead of fashioning:
England and Andover
he painted:
Engl-
and
and
And-
Over
enough space between ENGL- and AND and AND and AND and AND and AND and AND-and OVER.
Thus formulating a sentence with eleven consecutive ands!
This is Jean, Oliver's daughter. This is Jean Oliver's daughter.
This is Jim, John's son. This is Jim Johnson.
PUNCTUATION
A gold fish bowl is not a goldfish bowl. (The difference is a space and perhaps a "nothing".)
6 o'clock Greenwich Mean Time. I'll be at the internet café.
6 o'clock Greenwich. Meantime, I'll be at the internet café.
SPOONERISMS
It popped on its little drawers.
A lack of pies,
a pack of lies.
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