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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    Re: [users] idea (x2) for the wish list
From:       Michael A Chase <mchase () ix ! netcom ! com>
Date:       2002-12-30 21:48:13
Message-ID: Mahogany-0.64.2-6356-20021230-134813.00 () ix ! netcom ! com
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On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:33:31 -0500 "Stewart C. Russell" <stewart@oanda.com> wrote:

> Eric Richards wrote:
> > 
> > Also I have been keen on "homonyms" they are words that "might ?" sound 
> > the same but spell different like to, too and two.
> 
> actually, homonyms (or homographs) are words that have the same spelling 
> but have different meanings.

I've always thought homonym ~= homophone, but  Merriam-Webster on-line
says a homonym is either a homophone or a homograph or both.  Learn
something every day.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary/?book=Dictionary&va=homonym

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