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From: mat@hou5d.UUCP (M Terribile)
Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.games.trivia
Subject: triple (quadruple, etc) homonyms
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Date: Sun, 11-Sep-83 21:53:23 EDT
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The set { two, to, too } represents a triple homonym.  How many of these can
we find?  If we admit technical words, I can come up with a few:

	{ bite, byte, bight }
	{ sync, sinc, sink }
	{ wright, right, write }

Abbreviations ( eg { led, lead, Light Emmitting Diode }, { Electrical Metallic
Tubing, Emergency Medical Techicnian, EMulator Traps } ) don't count.

As an aside, is English unusual in the number of homonyms it has?


						Mark Terribile
						Duke of deNet