Don't Ask about the Homo[nym]s
May. 19th, 2009 05:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serynI've been thinking about weird words...
Scallops and shallots and scallions.... one's a seafood the other are onions.
Sconces and scones. Wouldn't want to order the wrong one. I suspect the baked goods at Home Depot aren't really up to par, but raspberry sconces would be really hideous on my white walls.
Chinese menus which have strange word choices...
When I was a kid, we had a free sample of car wax, "Minute Wax". I asked why they were touting that it came in small packages. (My-newt v. Minn-uht)
Anyway, back to my scallions, which I'm having on baked potatoes with "it's what's for dinner".
Scallops and shallots and scallions.... one's a seafood the other are onions.
Sconces and scones. Wouldn't want to order the wrong one. I suspect the baked goods at Home Depot aren't really up to par, but raspberry sconces would be really hideous on my white walls.
Chinese menus which have strange word choices...
When I was a kid, we had a free sample of car wax, "Minute Wax". I asked why they were touting that it came in small packages. (My-newt v. Minn-uht)
Anyway, back to my scallions, which I'm having on baked potatoes with "it's what's for dinner".
