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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by bhawks on Monday April 03, 2023 @03:14AM (#35419664)
> English is full of homophones that are pronounced identically but have different spellings and meanings, such as the words way and weigh.

English the same word can be pronounced differently based on tense:

"Did you read the same book I read?"

Besides confusing I don't know what to even call a thing like that.

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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by sli on Monday April 03, 2023 @03:49AM (#35419951)
Homographs.
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