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Phrasal homophones

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s a nice little phrasal homophone I misheard in a sermon today:
“too low a hope” vs “to lower hope”.
Obviously “too” and “to” are homophones, but so is “er” and “a” (at least the way I say them) – they are otherwise known as a schwa.  So I’m keeping my ears open for a few more [...]

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