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  1. orungano orungano

    Ty is right. "Dove" the verb and "dove" the noun are homographs

    Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:33:59 UTC from web
    1. Narwhal Narwhal

      @tiffany Yeah, homographs are when they're spelled the same but have different meanings.

      Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:34:39 UTC from web
      1. orungano orungano

        @northernnarwhal I actually don't know the right term for "dove" v. "dived" either but I'd love to find out

        Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:36:01 UTC from web
        1. Narwhal Narwhal

          @tiffany I mean, I guess they're technically synonyms but I'm not sure if such a word exists to specifically describe the relationship of two words with the same meaning and tense from the same root word that have different spellings and/or pronunciations. Damn language, man.

          Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:39:46 UTC from web
          1. orungano orungano

            @northernnarwhal As far as I can tell, synonyms comes closest

            Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:41:36 UTC from web
            1. Narwhal Narwhal

              @tiffany It wouldn't be wrong to call them synonyms, but synonyms refers broadly to words with the same meaning and isn't exclusive to a more particular case the way a word like "homograph" is

              Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:43:52 UTC from web
              1. orungano orungano

                @northernnarwhal Like a midget in a swimming pool, Google came up short

                Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:45:00 UTC from web
                1. Narwhal Narwhal

                  @tiffany I tried searching too and couldn't find anything

                  Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:47:49 UTC from web
                  1. orungano orungano

                    @northernnarwhal I'm disappointed

                    Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:48:42 UTC from web
                    1. Narwhal Narwhal

                      @tiffany Hi disappointed, I'm dad, and you disappoint me

                      Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:49:18 UTC from web
                      1. orungano orungano

                        @northernnarwhal http://rainbowdash.net/attachment/832723

                        Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:49:49 UTC from web
                        1. Narwhal Narwhal

                          @tiffany never talk to me or my son ever again

                          Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:50:09 UTC from web
                          1. orungano orungano

                            @northernnarwhal I can't talk to myself? But I'm my only friend 0^0

                            Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:50:35 UTC from web
                            1. Narwhal Narwhal

                              @tiffany SILENCE FOR PAPA

                              Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:50:58 UTC from web
                              1. orungano orungano

                                @northernnarwhal [cries in sign language]

                                Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:51:14 UTC from web
        2. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

          @tiffany the philologist in me would say 'dived', but the less stupid me would say 'whatever gets one's goat'

          Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:42:17 UTC from web
          1. orungano orungano

            @awl in that particular post I meant the term for two different words having the same meaning. I think I say "dove" but it's not something I've ever consciously thought of so I might say "dived"

            Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:44:10 UTC from web
            1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

              @tiffany we can invent one. Uh, synomorph? Homomorph?

              Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:47:40 UTC from web
              1. Narwhal Narwhal

                @awl The musician in me wants to say "inverted homograph"

                Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:48:31 UTC from web
              2. orungano orungano

                @awl I like the sound of homomorph. Could be my band name

                Saturday, 13-Feb-16 14:48:33 UTC from web
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        @northernnarwhal  @tiffany Does an author with crippling anxiety about selecting the wrong word of a homophonic pair have homophobia?

        Saturday, 13-Feb-16 15:04:45 UTC from quitter.se
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          @northernnarwhal @tiffany  They're there, get used to it.

          Saturday, 13-Feb-16 15:06:02 UTC from quitter.se
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      @tiffany Have you seen this image? It still doesn't cover what you're looking for though https://quitter.se/attachment/1365873

      Saturday, 13-Feb-16 15:13:27 UTC from quitter.se
      1. orungano orungano

        @taknamay I still appreciate and enjoy this!

        Saturday, 13-Feb-16 15:46:15 UTC from web