*taps on mike* This thing on?

[tree_talking]

*clears throat*

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SPELLING KIND:

You pore over books.

You pour syrup on pancakes.

Do not get these two confused. It could result in Unfortunate Circumstances of the Sticky book kind.

A "Whig" is a member of a colonial political party. They opposed autocratic rule. Daniel Webster was a "Whig".

A "wig" is a hairpiece.

Do not get those two confused. I often imagine that you are wearing a colonial gentleman on your head. While this may be funny, it does not make sense.

Comments

[silica-sandra.livejournal.com]

It's really funny that you posted this. I'm not sure how much you've been keeping up with me, but I'm a pre-service English teacher right now earning my Masters degree and yesterday in my Teaching Grammar and Usage class we went over homophones and homonyms and how they can be confusing for students. We got to put on comedy skits about them to help point out the differences - it was fun times. We also talked about it in light of teaching English Language Learners, who can really struggle with it...and can see from the outside all the more clearly how absolutely silly it is that we have totally different words that sound the same, and in some cases are spelled the same.

English is very, very funny!

[shellebelle93.livejournal.com]

It *so* is.

My husband is planning to go for his Masters to teach English in jr.high/h.s. He's got pre-grad work to do though.

I love the idea to teach the homonyms using skits! They would be very funny skits. ;)