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Old March 06, 2010, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Perikles View Post
English is full of homonyms, pairs of words which sound the same and are spelled differently. Example: bare, bear. Here is a list.

This sign shows that a lot of English people have a problem with it, as well as English learners.

What about Spanish?
In Spanish a homonym is spelled the same but has a different meaning. You really don't know? Or is this for someone else's benefit?
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