What similar English words do you have a problem with?

[PeteC]

Look at the title that I gave to this thread. I guess I could have, and maybe should have, used "which" instead of "what".

[Lung Per]

It frustrates me when students keep forgetting that there needs to be a 'u' in common words like colour and the like...



For myself... I love to mix up weather and whether.

"Color", "Neighbor" and the like are all common American spellings.

What is the difference between nickers (or is it knickers) and panties?

[Dannie Boy]

It frustrates me when students keep forgetting that there needs to be a 'u' in common words like colour and the like...



For myself... I love to mix up weather and whether.

"Color", "Neighbor" and the like are all common American spellings.

What is the difference between nickers (or is it knickers) and panties?

[Nereus]

Wether

Wiki:
Wether may refer to:

A castrated male goat
A castrated male sheep
A misspelling of weather
A misspelling of whether

[Gregjam]

Could nickers possibly refer to a group of thieves although 'pikeys' is usually more appropriate. On a similar theme our antipodean friends have a very different understanding of the word 'thong' than those of us from the other side of the world. I once bought a Kiwi colleague of Maori descent a pair of thongs and presented them to him at coffee time much to the entertainment of our workgroup. Fortunately he took it well.

[hhfarang]

I once bought a Kiwi colleague of Maori descent a pair of thongs and presented them to him at coffee time much to the entertainment of our workgroup. Fortunately he took it well.

Did you give him this...



or these...

[Bristolian]

My use of wether was a clear misspelling of whether due to poor eyesight and posting from an iPhone. I was aware of the wether sheep, one of my ancestors was sentenced to death for stealing two from a farmer in Somerset. Thankfully his sentence was commuted to transportation to Australia

[Dannie Boy]

My use of wether was a clear misspelling of whether due to poor eyesight and posting from an iPhone. I was aware of the wether sheep, one of my ancestors was sentenced to death for stealing two from a farmer in Somerset. Thankfully his sentence was commuted to transportation to Australia

Sent to Australia for being a nicker (above quote)

[arcadianagain]

right, wright, write, rite.

[Nereus]

............... I was aware of the wether sheep, one of my ancestors was sentenced to death for stealing two from a farmer in Somerset. Thankfully his sentence was commuted to transportation to Australia

Well it weren`t me, I was born in Australia, and growing up on a farm I have converted a lot of unsuspecting little rams to wethers!

[Bristolian]

............... I was aware of the wether sheep, one of my ancestors was sentenced to death for stealing two from a farmer in Somerset. Thankfully his sentence was commuted to transportation to Australia

Well it weren`t me, I was born in Australia, and growing up on a farm I have converted a lot of unsuspecting little rams to wethers!

I agree that it couldn't be you. My relative was born in the early 1800s. He also spent time at HM pleasure on a prison hulk in Bermuda, helping to build the naval dockyards..... That was for stealing 3 bushels of wheat. Obviously you didn't leave food unguarded when he was around.

[Gregjam]

HHfarang, it was a couple of 'this' although without the flesh attached, definitely not the 'these'

[Nereus]

Sell and sale gets to me! Although it is most noticeable with non-native English speakers.

This one was in the leader of a story in the Bangkok Post today: "......for drug possession with intent to sale,"..... However, it was correct in the body of the article.

Which leads to another: story and storey.

[SunandFun]

PUN IS FUN


English is a great language for puns and word games, and as we've said before, we're suckers for puns so bad they are so good! Enjoy these following word games!

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A bicycle can’t stand alone, it is two tired

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A boiled egg is hard to beat.

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A dentist and a manicurist married - They fought tooth and nail.

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A thief who stole a calendar... got twelve months.

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A will is a dead giveaway.
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Acupuncture: A jab well done.
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I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down.
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Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off?
He’s allright now.
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I was going to look for my missing watch, but I could never find the time.
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I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it.
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A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
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Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
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He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends.
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I did a theatrical performance about puns. Really it was just a play on words.
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I used to be addicted to soap, but I’m clean now.
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Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I’ll show you A- flat minor.
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Need an ark to save two of every animal? I Noah guy.
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A new type of broom came out, it is sweeping the nation.
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A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a
hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he
was, a nurse said ‘No change yet’.
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The new weed whacker is cutting-hedge technology.
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Some people’s noses and feet are built backwards: their feet
SMELL and their noses RUN.
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When William joined the army he disliked the phrase ‘fire at will’.
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Did you hear about the guy who got hit in the head with a can
of soda? He was lucky it was a soft drink.

[hhfarang]

"......for drug possession with intent to sale,"

Maybe that one was correct as the drug peddler may have been running a "70% off" like all the clothing shop signs that suck my wife in at Market Village.