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Yes, Cap'n!
Each of the two sentences below can be rephrased to include all three forms of a triple homophone. The two sentences have nothing to do with each other -- they each represent a different homophone triplet.
For example (though this is only a double homophone): "The ceremony was the correct one." can be rephrased as "It was the right rite."
1. Yes, Cap'n, my ocular organ was lost some time ago.
2. I was familiar with the recently-acquired wildebeest.
Bonus question: What is unusual about these two homophone triplets?
For example (though this is only a double homophone): "The ceremony was the correct one." can be rephrased as "It was the right rite."
1. Yes, Cap'n, my ocular organ was lost some time ago.
2. I was familiar with the recently-acquired wildebeest.
Bonus question: What is unusual about these two homophone triplets?
Answer
1. Aye, Cap'n, I lost my eye some time ago. (Aye, I, Eye)2. I knew the new gnu. (Knew, New, Gnu)
Bonus: These are the only homophone triplets where all three words in the set start with a different letter.
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Easy one but I enjoyed it!
You are INCORRECT about the ONLY triple homophone:
What about THIS one?
"My Successor was incorrect about the wind"
(My HEIR did ERR about the AIR)
What about THIS one?
"My Successor was incorrect about the wind"
(My HEIR did ERR about the AIR)
Not bad -- I hadn't thought of that one. But according to dictionary.com, err is pronounced slightly differently. I think that it depends one what part of the country you live in.
Also, I've been informed by a couple of Brits that they pronounce the G in gnu, so they aren't buying that one, either.
Also, I've been informed by a couple of Brits that they pronounce the G in gnu, so they aren't buying that one, either.
Very good one!
Reminded me of a high school assignment to write a horrid poem. "Rhymed" a sonnet with: sense, scents, cents, since and bore, boar, Bohr, boor.
Figured the first one was "Aye aye, Captain, my eye ..."
Fun teaser. Enjoyed it. Thanks for posting.
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