tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post4096534872660850987..comments2023-10-08T00:53:44.578-07:00Comments on The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar: When Homophones AttackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post-18618162304103714312010-02-06T08:12:13.312-08:002010-02-06T08:12:13.312-08:00I like to refer to these errors as those made by t...I like to refer to these errors as those made by the <em>homophonically challenged</em>.<br /><br />I also prefer to call pairs like "site" and "sight" (and the third, "cite") <em>homophones</em>. <em>Homonyms</em> are words that are pronounced <em>and spelled</em> the same (that is, homonyms are at the same time homophones and homographs), such as "right" (the opposite of left), "right" (the opposite of wrong), and "right" (something guaranteed in the First Amendment). "Write" and "rite" are homophones with those.<br /><br />But to insist on that would be pedantic, and we would never be that. Right?Barry Leibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.com