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Old 12th August 2011, 16:28
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Also cumbersome and lumbersome - one letter different but meaning the same.
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Old 12th August 2011, 16:57
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ah whats lumbersome mean. Think I've heard of it before somewhere.
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Old 13th August 2011, 22:31
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Please ban Jo from playing the banjo.
I dont have the time, but nor do I wish to lumber Jack, my tree surgeon, with said request.
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Old 19th August 2011, 22:34
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Another interesting one:
import and important.
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Old 20th August 2011, 19:22
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increment and excrement
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Old 21st August 2011, 09:47
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ha thats a good one.
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Old 23rd August 2011, 10:12
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if a Woman can't have children, is she :

impregnable ?

unbearable ?

inconceivable ?
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Old 25th August 2011, 17:44
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^ lol

Carbuncle is a word that can mean a thing of beauty ie a precious stone or an ugly thing - a boil type blemish on the skin.

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It means cumbersome lol
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Old 25th August 2011, 19:16
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Impotence
Incontinence
Incompetence

go on, get those confused! Actually Ive had bosses that no doubt had problems with all 3....
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Old 27th August 2011, 23:28
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ah interesting.

Another two:

Appear and Appeal. One letter difference, two different meanings.
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Old 29th August 2011, 15:53
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^ ditto immure and immune
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Old 4th September 2011, 16:49
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Ah

Another:
Detail, entail and retail
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Old 5th September 2011, 16:45
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and curtail which in turn is very close to curtain
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Old 11th September 2011, 02:16
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The idiom 'beating around the bush' to mean expressing something indirectly is, in itself, a circumlocution.
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Old 11th September 2011, 02:55
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^

similarly, i've always considered use of the word verbiage to be verbiage
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Old 11th September 2011, 14:49
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eject and reject
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Old 13th September 2011, 15:47
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^ The ject bit in both those words is from the latin iacere - to throw
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Old 14th September 2011, 23:30
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ah interesting.
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Old 18th September 2011, 14:12
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quean and queen both words meaning different types of woman
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Old 15th October 2011, 11:13
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ah.

Someone was talking about custom and custom-ers yesterday. I didn't twig customers had stemmed from custom.

Potent, and potential. Interesting two.
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Old 18th October 2011, 14:16
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^ Yes you wouldn't think they were in any way linked.


I sold my soul to get my shoes soled.
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Old 18th October 2011, 14:48
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^ Yes you wouldn't think they were in any way linked.


I sold my soul to get my shoes soled.

Ha, they used to have this sign for a shoe repairer here, thought it was quite clever

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Old 25th October 2011, 10:22
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ha very good.

Ok another languagity:

Selection, Election, Section. Section, and selection can see the similar origin.
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Old 3rd December 2011, 08:47
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Re-sign

That's a weird one. Usually a re- put in front, the word keeps meaning in some way.
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Old 8th December 2011, 23:45
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^ I suppose if you keep it hyphernated it can apply to, for example, a footballer being signed for a second time.

draught and draft can also cause confusion. There are many meanings but in some cases the spellings are interchangeable.

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British English usually uses draft for all senses as the verb;[123] for a preliminary version of a document; for an order of payment (bank draft), and for military conscription (although this last meaning is not as common as in American English). It uses draught for drink from a cask (draught beer); for animals used for pulling heavy loads (draught horse); for a current of air; for a ship's minimum depth of water to float; and for the game draughts, known as checkers in America. It uses either draught or draft for a plan or sketch (but almost always draughtsman in this sense; a draftsman drafts legal documents). American English uses draft in all these cases, including draftsman (male or female) (although in regard to drinks, draught is sometimes found). Canada uses both systems; in Australia, draft is used for technical drawings, is accepted for the "current of air" meaning, and is preferred by professionals in the nautical sense.[124] The pronunciation is always the same for all meanings within a dialect (RP /***712;dr***593;***720;ft/, General American /***712;dræft/). The spelling draught is older; draft appeared first in the late 16th century.
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Old 6th June 2015, 14:36
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If Noel is Christmas why is there no L in Christmas?
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Old 7th June 2015, 09:56
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^ LOL

Place names can be confusing

Anyone here live in Cholmondeley? - it looks like a mouthful but bizarrely it's pronounced Chumley.

And why is Magdalene College in Oxford pronounced "Maudlin"
And Caius College pronounced "Keys"?
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Old 9th June 2015, 18:15
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I never knew Cholmondeley was a place, I was aware of the surname.

Magdalene/Maudlin is explained at http://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/why-maudlyn/
Caius/Keys at http://gencai.acad.cai.cam.ac.uk/collegehistory
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Old 14th June 2015, 17:14
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^ Ah, thank you. That explains it.

Yes, Cholmondeley is a parish in Cheshire with a nice castle.



The name Ralph is another strange one. Traditionally it was pronounced "raif" and some people still pronounce it this way.
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Old 15th June 2015, 19:01
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If a jail is a prison why aren't jailers prisoners?
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