Sale and Sell

[Benjamin Barrett]

I mix them up in writing, too, but they're not homophones for me in Seattle.
"Sale" is homophonous with "sail", though.

Benjamin Barrett
Baking the World a Better Place
www.hiroki.us

-----Original Message-----
From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Jonathan Lighter

They sure are homophones in East TN.  Freshman frequently mix 'em up in
writing, too.

Grant Barrett <gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG> wrote:

Nice little note on vowels:

"Who knew 'sale' and 'sell' were homophones? Not me, not until I moved to
Utah."