Thursday, September 23, 2010

Homographs

This week we learned about homographs (A word that has more than one meaning but is spelled the same. ie down, tear, fan... you know...).

A kid just came up to me while working on a writing assignment...

"I have a question.  You know homographs?  Well, if you use a word and it is spelled the right way, but it is the wrong meaning, do you still get points?"

"Yes."

Do I need to explain why this is funny to me?  If the word is spelled correctly, who is going to read it and think it is the "other" meaning? 

I am a fan of baseball.  (I am a something that blows on you of baseball?)

He was thinking way too hard!

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