On 4/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >> Me too - just on the list the other day, I noticed that I had used the words >> "their", "they're" and "there" in *their* wrong contexts! I was almost >> going to post an apology for it too, but decided to swallow my pride for >> once and just accept that I am human...! lol. > >> I think that word is "homonym", but I *have* been known to be wrong on >> occasion... > >> John said:" Steak and stake "ain't" a typo or a mispelling now is it? Theres >> a term for words that sound the same but are spelled and >>> mean different things but it escapes me at the moment....... I am guilty >> of all three types of mistakes from time to time. > >homophone. > >Bob
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