Monday, November 25, 2013

Why is the word "live" (as in "living at home") and "live" (as in "live concert") spelled EXACTLY the same?

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This seems like a goof in the English language. Sometimes when I'm reading and I see the word "live" I will think of it in the wrong context until I read the entire sentence.

Example:

"Live, work and play"

vs.

"I saw a live snake in my basement"

Why are these two different words spelled exactly the same? Are their any other words in the English language like this?



Answer
Wikipedia has a nice page about heteronyms with quite a list of them (over 80) , their pronunciations, and meanings.
Some from their page:

alternate (alternit): other, substitution
alternate (alternayt): to take turns

bass (base): low in pitch
bass (bass): a fish

close (clohs): nearby
close (cloze): to shut

dove (dohv): past tense of "dive"
dove (duhv): a bird

lead (lehd): a metal
lead (leed): to guide

present (prezent): a gift
present (preezent): to reveal

As to why language has evolved like this.... not sure that anybody could tell you this for certain.

who is the most beautiful blond woman out ther in your opinion?




telodije


in my opinion this is between 2 women,
the glamour model michelle marsh and the ex porn star abby rode

what u say?



Answer
celebs aren't all that! i dont know of any good looking blonde's in hollywood however in the gym i used to go to la fitness in leeds proper yrs ago there was a knockout perfect blonde "sharon i drooled" 10/10 perfect even perfect streakless bleach blonde hair that wasn't actually bleached but was natural i knew coz her eyebrows were the same colour as her hair, her boob's looked a bit hard though could have had a sly boob job! she wasn't too snotty either for a 10/10 blonde that's for sure i had to give it a go head first sorry i meant acne first! first words that came out of my mouth were hgbnnbbgfff nbvcdfgg and the acid reflux i suffered from which had naffed my throat and vocal cords in didn't help! an annoying deep incomprehensible voice with retarded sentences reeled out shame shame shame on me! luckily i didn't get a slap in the face actually it probably wouldn't have been a bad thing i could have tried licking the part of my face where her hand would have touched, she looked hot working out in those uk size 4 adidas superstars what a perfect petite bitch perfect little feet, perfect hair, perfect nose, perfect head, perfect skinny arms, perfect bigger than her arms thighs her ass wasn't the best ass ive seen but not bad. your looking in the wrong places honestly some chicks ive seen in leeds wtf hottest chicks on earth by far honestly celebs dont come anywhere near close!!! off the top of my head who's fit in hollywood..............................erm erm erm found one but forgot her name i'll go find her name from the movie i watched the other day on vodlyto jennifer love hewit but she used to be even hotter erm erm erm that's all i can think of right now goodbye ps i hate women er er i'm not gay i just hate any women that think they're good-looking all your women are ugly in the whole world and even leeds. ps i'm G-d's gift as i found out 3 or 4yrs ago i'm better than all your women put together "fact" stfu.




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