Sale and Sell

[Beverly Flanigan]

And all through the South Midland, and maybe North Midland too.

At 11:00 AM 5/20/2005, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>They sure are homophones in East TN.  Freshman frequently mix 'em up in
>writing, too.
>
>JL
>
>Grant Barrett <gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG> wrote:
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>Poster: Grant Barrett
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>Nice little note on vowels:
>
>"Who knew 'sale' and 'sell' were homophones? Not me, not until I
>moved to Utah."
>
>http://www.slweekly.com/editorial/2005/Voice_2005-05-19.cfm
>
>Grant Barrett
>gbarrett at worldnewyork.org
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