A play on words

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

I was visiting with a writer the other day and during our discussion, the subject of homonyms came up. Those pesky words that plague us all. They sound the same, but are often spelled differently and have different meanings. The first that came to mind were the "theres." For example: "You can go over there where they're stringing their Christmas lights." Or everyone's favorite, "There are two too many to count." Here's a puzzler. No change in spelling, but the meanings couldn't be more dissimilar. "The bear could scarcely bear his burden."

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