tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post7201654312908406587..comments2023-10-30T08:00:54.059-04:00Comments on Laurel's Leaves: New tool for sound-alikesLaurel Garverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-35274124060330985872014-02-10T17:19:34.627-05:002014-02-10T17:19:34.627-05:00What a great resource! I tend to be pretty good wi...What a great resource! I tend to be pretty good with most, but there's always a few I need to check. :)Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-21118312702257175792014-02-10T10:23:18.300-05:002014-02-10T10:23:18.300-05:00I think the emergence of ESL as a distinct discipl...I think the emergence of ESL as a distinct discipline that tries to best explain the quirks of English to language learners has led to the rising use of homophone as a distinct word from homonym. In my memory, I first started encountering the term in the 1980s. So you might be right in calling homonym the old school term.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-63025246628352921412014-02-08T14:32:50.642-05:002014-02-08T14:32:50.642-05:00This book looks fun. I confess that when I read th...This book looks fun. I confess that when I read the title I wondered if use of the word homonym was showing her age. I didn't hear the term "homophone" till I was an adult. I remember being taught that what we now call a homophone was a homonym, and wiktionary does give "same sound" as one of the definitions of homonym. My memory vindicated. :DMarciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006966091789130047noreply@blogger.com