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From: mauney@ncsu.UUCP
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Subject: regional homonyms
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Date: Mon, 19-Sep-83 11:45:40 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 19 11:45:40 1983
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One of the spelling books I used in grade school had a list of homonyms
that I should be careful not to confuse.  Included was the pair (our, are).
This confused me no end,  because I "knew" that (our, hour) were homonyms,
and 'are' didn't sound like them.  Actually,  I pronounced all three words
differently,  but I thought I pronounced 'our' and 'hour' the same.  I
have since met people  (West Coast, I believe) for whom 'are' and 'our'
are homonyms.

                  Jon Mauney
		  mcnc!ncsu!mauney