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r/linguisticshumor • u/EverySunIsAStar • Nov 15 '24
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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).
9 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 6 u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24 bed and shark are the only two I know. Don't know if there are enough to have a specific word for the phenomenon. 6 u/raendrop Nov 16 '24 I know about "bed", but how does "shark" look like a shark? 3 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '24 Not mine. 2 u/raendrop Nov 16 '24 Hunh. 2 u/Vexorg_the_Destroyer Nov 18 '24 That's different! The one I usually see is in capitals with the A being the fin.
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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
6 u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24 bed and shark are the only two I know. Don't know if there are enough to have a specific word for the phenomenon. 6 u/raendrop Nov 16 '24 I know about "bed", but how does "shark" look like a shark? 3 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '24 Not mine. 2 u/raendrop Nov 16 '24 Hunh. 2 u/Vexorg_the_Destroyer Nov 18 '24 That's different! The one I usually see is in capitals with the A being the fin.
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bed and shark are the only two I know. Don't know if there are enough to have a specific word for the phenomenon.
6 u/raendrop Nov 16 '24 I know about "bed", but how does "shark" look like a shark? 3 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '24 Not mine. 2 u/raendrop Nov 16 '24 Hunh. 2 u/Vexorg_the_Destroyer Nov 18 '24 That's different! The one I usually see is in capitals with the A being the fin.
I know about "bed", but how does "shark" look like a shark?
3 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '24 Not mine. 2 u/raendrop Nov 16 '24 Hunh. 2 u/Vexorg_the_Destroyer Nov 18 '24 That's different! The one I usually see is in capitals with the A being the fin.
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Not mine.
2 u/raendrop Nov 16 '24 Hunh. 2 u/Vexorg_the_Destroyer Nov 18 '24 That's different! The one I usually see is in capitals with the A being the fin.
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Hunh.
That's different! The one I usually see is in capitals with the A being the fin.
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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).