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Blogger fired from language school over ‘homophonia’
Salt Lake City Tribune ^
| 7/29/14
| PAUL ROLLY
Posted on 08/01/2014 8:46:25 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa
Nomen Global Language Center,
http://americasenglishlanguageschool.com/, teaches English as a second language (ESL). Their motto is "English Will Take You Higher."
Nomen owner Clarke Woodger should take some of his own classes.
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:27:11 PM PDT
by
TChad
(The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
To: Impala64ssa
Homophones...people who speak faggot.
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:39:21 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
>> Nomen Global Language Center, his boss and Nomen owner Clarke Woodger
There seems to be a fundamental phonetic problem with this operation.
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:54:12 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:54:21 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Impala64ssa
Witch and which? Ask Stewey Griffin. He knows how to pronounce “which”. It’s the same way he pronounces “cool whip”.
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posted on
08/01/2014 10:25:29 PM PDT
by
VerySadAmerican
(Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
To: Impala64ssa
There was a case a few years ago where someone was fired for using the word niggardly and later reinstated. Honest to Pete I wish people would use their heads for something other than to keep their ears apart.
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posted on
08/01/2014 10:28:23 PM PDT
by
Wicket
(1 Peter 3:15 , Romans 5:5-8)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Those cunning linguists must always be watched.
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posted on
08/01/2014 10:48:33 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: Wicket
It’s when feelings and not reason govern the day that we get such arrant nonsense.
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posted on
08/01/2014 10:49:12 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
Another term for these word pairs is homonyms.
I think this guy was being a bit cutesy about it, but still. There was no need for anybody to lose his or her head over it.
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posted on
08/01/2014 10:52:54 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: Gene Eric
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posted on
08/01/2014 10:53:48 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: Impala64ssa
Homophonia = Is when don’t despise Gays but could care less what they do..
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posted on
08/01/2014 10:58:41 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: Oztrich Boy
“Who blinded you, Polyphemus?”
“It was Noman! Noman blinded me.”
They’re going to pay beaucoup unemployment compensation.
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posted on
08/01/2014 10:58:45 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: Impala64ssa
Ahhh..the "Niggardly" (meaning cheap) controversy rears it's head once again.
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posted on
08/01/2014 11:13:14 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a weapon...0'Mullah / "Rustler" 0'Reid? d8-)
To: All
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posted on
08/01/2014 11:30:37 PM PDT
by
Peter ODonnell
(Heilery Clinton v Jeb Bush -- just shoot me now)
To: Impala64ssa
Life is imitating art. There was an old Ted Rall comic from 02/08/99 that riffed language snafus. If you want to read it, it’s on rall dot com under 2-8-99 in the searchable archives.
I know folks don’t often care for Rall, but that example was funny enough for me to remember it.
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posted on
08/01/2014 11:47:54 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Impala64ssa
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posted on
08/02/2014 2:31:16 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
To: HiTech RedNeck
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posted on
08/02/2014 3:11:59 AM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: jim999
"Well that’s what you get for engaging in public intercourse."
You are a cunning linguist.
To: ROCKLOBSTER
"Homophones...people who speak faggot."
Are you referring to Obamaphones?
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