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rsl12 03-09-2004 09:06 AM

rsl12's 45 sec mystery #12
 
This english word is pronounced two different ways: one way if it's all lower case, another way if the first letter is capitalized.

dxa1 03-09-2004 12:14 PM

Basil

rsl12 03-09-2004 10:00 PM

Look up basil in the dictionary--both pronunciations are for both the capitalized and lower case spellings. But good guess--I do pronounce those two differently.

Latch 03-09-2004 11:03 PM

The?

(Thee-sounding, versus thuh sounding)

dxa1 03-10-2004 06:34 AM

How about herb, then?

balderdash111 03-10-2004 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dxa1
How about herb, then?
I think the English pronounce it the same way (to quute Eddie Izzard "because it has a fucking H in it")

dxa1 03-10-2004 10:09 AM

I won't give up - polish

balderdash111 03-10-2004 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dxa1
I won't give up - polish
That's a really good one. My money is on this as the right answer

rsl12 03-10-2004 12:14 PM

Polish is right!

quadro2000 03-10-2004 02:13 PM

Although technically if I write the sentence "Polish the table, rsl12," I've capitalized the first letter and not changed the pronunciation...but I digress.

kazoo 03-12-2004 06:06 PM

The only variant I thought of was job vs. Job. Job's job was one of extreme suffering.

rsl12 03-12-2004 08:58 PM

That's pretty good--i'll have to remember that.

Charlatan 03-15-2004 01:48 PM

Read in present and past tense are spelled the same but pronounced differently...

His going to read.

He read.

Nafter 03-18-2004 06:28 AM

Lead is another one.

Lead weight, and lead a dog, but the capitalisation doesnt change anything heh

balderdash111 03-24-2004 11:51 AM

Here are some more:

August/august
Associate/associate (this one's not as good, I think)


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