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Old 03-09-2004, 09:06 AM   #1 (permalink)
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This english word is pronounced two different ways: one way if it's all lower case, another way if the first letter is capitalized.
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Old 03-09-2004, 12:14 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 03-09-2004, 10:00 PM   #3 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 03-09-2004, 11:03 PM   #4 (permalink)
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The?

(Thee-sounding, versus thuh sounding)
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Old 03-10-2004, 06:34 AM   #5 (permalink)
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How about herb, then?
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Old 03-10-2004, 07:20 AM   #6 (permalink)
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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")
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Old 03-10-2004, 10:09 AM   #7 (permalink)
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I won't give up - polish
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Old 03-10-2004, 11:44 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I won't give up - polish
That's a really good one. My money is on this as the right answer
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Old 03-10-2004, 12:14 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Polish is right!
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Old 03-10-2004, 02:13 PM   #10 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 03-12-2004, 06:06 PM   #11 (permalink)
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The only variant I thought of was job vs. Job. Job's job was one of extreme suffering.
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Old 03-12-2004, 08:58 PM   #12 (permalink)
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That's pretty good--i'll have to remember that.
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Old 03-15-2004, 01:48 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Read in present and past tense are spelled the same but pronounced differently...

His going to read.

He read.
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Old 03-18-2004, 06:28 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Lead is another one.

Lead weight, and lead a dog, but the capitalisation doesnt change anything heh
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Old 03-24-2004, 11:51 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Here are some more:

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