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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.

21 posted on 08/01/2014 9:27:11 PM PDT by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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To: Impala64ssa
Homophones...people who speak faggot.
22 posted on 08/01/2014 9:39:21 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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>> Nomen Global Language Center, his boss and Nomen owner Clarke Woodger

There seems to be a fundamental phonetic problem with this operation.


23 posted on 08/01/2014 9:54:12 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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24 posted on 08/01/2014 9:54:21 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Witch and which? Ask Stewey Griffin. He knows how to pronounce “which”. It’s the same way he pronounces “cool whip”.


25 posted on 08/01/2014 10:25:29 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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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.


26 posted on 08/01/2014 10:28:23 PM PDT by Wicket (1 Peter 3:15 , Romans 5:5-8)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Those cunning linguists must always be watched.


27 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.)
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To: Wicket

It’s when feelings and not reason govern the day that we get such arrant nonsense.


28 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.)
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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.


29 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.)
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To: Gene Eric

Nomen... all women?


30 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.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Homophonia = Is when don’t despise Gays but could care less what they do..


31 posted on 08/01/2014 10:58:41 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Oztrich Boy

“Who blinded you, Polyphemus?”
“It was Noman! Noman blinded me.”

They’re going to pay beaucoup unemployment compensation.


32 posted on 08/01/2014 10:58:45 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Impala64ssa
Ahhh..the "Niggardly" (meaning cheap) controversy rears it's head once again.
33 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-)
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Heal land on his feat.


34 posted on 08/01/2014 11:30:37 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Heilery Clinton v Jeb Bush -- just shoot me now)
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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.


35 posted on 08/01/2014 11:47:54 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Impala64ssa

Sofa. King. Stupid


36 posted on 08/02/2014 2:31:16 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Humorous, isn’t it...


37 posted on 08/02/2014 3:11:59 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: jim999
"Well that’s what you get for engaging in public intercourse."


You are a cunning linguist.

38 posted on 08/02/2014 6:05:58 AM PDT by outofsalt
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
"Homophones...people who speak faggot."
Are you referring to Obamaphones?
39 posted on 08/02/2014 6:09:29 AM PDT by outofsalt
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