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Today’s Illustration: the difference between the homophones canon and cannon.
Homophones, According to Vocabulary.com
A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and/or spelling. “Flower” and “flour” are homophones because they are pronounced the same but you certainly can’t bake a cake using daffodils.
Canon & Cannon diagram by Sara Barkat.
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Laura (L.L.) Barkat says
I am relieved about the marshmallow 🙂
(And wondering why the cannon doesn’t seem to like Pachelbel 😉 )
Sandra Heska King says
So I wonder if you can fire a canon… or a Canon.
Bethany R. says
Such a fun educational tool. (Not tulle.)
Laura (L.L.) Barkat says
Ha 🙂
Laurie Klein says
Sara, your wit is the complete package: cerebral, literary, and visual! Love it. Your post also sent me on a Google search as I’ve always used the word homonym, a happy start to my Saturday.
ps A daffodil cake for deer, perhaps?
pps Last April a woman I know persuaded her small group to sip vase water from upended daffodil stems. All felt changed, by whimsy. No one turned yellow. 🙂