Ode to Homonym Substitutions
We're nearing the end of our Fortnight of Odes, during which we've indulged ourselves in the creative process of crafting odes, defined according to Wikipedia as "a form of stately and elaborate lyrical verse." Today's ode recalls an early embarrassment in my career as an editor, in which a colleague used the phrase "homonym substitution" and I had no idea what she was talking about. I've since learned that its the replacement of the word you mean with a word that sounds just like it but carries a completely different meaning, as in the case of the word its (which should have been it's) at the beginning of this sentence.
Without further uh due, today's ode. Please snap where appropriate.
I ode my fodder sum money,
Sew off too work I went.
Be four I urned a Nick'll
My money awl was spent.
Butt don't dee spare four my sake;
Aisle make the money back.
I took ought an udder more gauge,
And I'm head Ed four the track!
Posted by Dave Zimmerman
at November 29, 2007 8:30 AM
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