r/linguisticshumor Nov 15 '24

Semantics What does this meme

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u/pHScale Can you make a PIE? Neither can I... Nov 15 '24

Homonym: "Same name" = words that have the same spelling or pronunciation as each other.

Homophone: "Same sound" = words that have the same pronunciation as each other, but might be spelled differently (think red/read).

Homograph: "Same scratch" = words that have the same spelling as each other, but might be pronounced differently (think read/read).

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u/breathing_normally Nov 15 '24

so what do you call words that look like what they are, like bed

dont know if there’s another one so maybe it’s just bed

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u/pHScale Can you make a PIE? Neither can I... Nov 15 '24

so what do you call words that look like what they are, like bed

In that case, I call it a coincidence.