Please pare the skin off this pair of pears
pail, pale
pail means a bucket
pale means light-skinned
pain, pane
pain mean strong discomfort
pane means a piece of glass in a window
pair, pare, pear
pair means a set of two
pare means to remove the outer covering
pear means a fruit
Only one car won the race, of course.
one, won
one means a single item
won means the past tense of win
overdo, overdue
overdo means to work too hard
overdue means past due
overseas, oversees
overseas means across an ocean
oversees means having the task of supervision
Oh! Do I still owe you money?
oar, or, ore
oar means a device used to propel a boat
or means a choice between two phrases
ore means rock containing metal or gems
ode, owed
ode means a short poem set to music
owed mean something due someone
oh, owe
oh means an expression of surprise
owe means that something is due someone
Do naval rations include navel oranges?
naval, navel
naval means relating to a navy
navel means belly button
nay, neigh
nay means no
neigh means the sound made by a horse
none, nun
none means nothing
nun means a woman who has devoted their life to religion
It took muscle to open that large mussel
morn, mourn
morn means morning
mourn means to grieve over a death
muscle, mussel
muscle means the tissue used to move a skeleton
mussel means a shellfish like a clam
mustard, mustered
mustard means a sauce made from a yellow seed
mustered means to gather troops
A moose has no need for mousse
moan, mown
moan means a low cry of pain
mown means that mowing has been completed
mode, mowed
mode means a means of accomplishing something
mowed means that mowing has been completed
moose, mousse
moose means the largest member of the deer family
mousse means styling cream for hair
Clear the junk before forwarding email
Before you forward that email clean out all the junk that has accumulated.
Adjust the subject to remove all those FWs.
Remove all those accumulated >>>.
Remove extra email addresses.
If all this is too much trouble and it is a chain letter, see this blog posting.
For more email ettiquette tips, I recommend 101 Email Etiquette Tips. Please pay special attention to #44-49.
Being a minor, he could not be a miner
mind, mined
mind means to obey
mined means to have removed minerals from a mine
miner, minor
miner means someone who works in a mine
minor means someone under a legal age
missed, mist
missed means to have failed to hit
mist means drizzle or fog
The medal was made of a rare metal
medal, metal, mettle, meddle
medal means an award
metal means a mallable element
mettle means endurance
meddle means to interfere
might, mite
might means strength or power
mite means an insect
mince, mints
mince means to chop finely
mints mean multiple candies eaten to sweeten the breath
Welcome to twenty-ten or two-thousand ten
How do we pronouce this new year?
This is how we pronounce years past:
1899 eighteen ninety-nine
1900 nineteen hundred
1902 nineteen oh-two
1910 nineteen ten
1999 nineteen ninety-nine
Then it became more cumbersome:
2000 two-thousand, not twenty hundred like nineteen hundred
2002 two-thousand two, not twenty oh-two like nineteen oh-two
What pattern should we follow for 2010?
twenty-ten, like nineteen-ten?
two-thousand ten like two-thousand nine?
Some say twenty-ten and there is even a site promoting that but not everyone agrees.