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To: Billthedrill
I want to know why there's no such thing as a heterophone.

No fair!

5 posted on 08/04/2014 3:46:43 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Texas Eagle

Heteronyms are technically heterophonic; the spelling is the same but the sound is different. Compare “desert” verb (to abandon; accent on second syllable) with “desert” noun (arid vegetation-free land; accent on first syllable).


7 posted on 08/04/2014 3:54:25 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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