Comments on: Summer too short? http://twwilliams.com/blog/2007/08/18/summer-too-short/ Discovering and learning Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:12:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Tommy Williams http://twwilliams.com/blog/2007/08/18/summer-too-short/#comment-17067 Tommy Williams Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:01:00 +0000 http://twwilliams.com/blog/2007/08/18/summer-too-short/#comment-17067 About tire: I think it depends on how you pronounce it. For me, it's definitely a one-syllable word. And hire and higher are not homonyms in the way I speak. About tire: I think it depends on how you pronounce it. For me, it’s definitely a one-syllable word. And hire and higher are not homonyms in the way I speak.

]]> By: Fritz http://twwilliams.com/blog/2007/08/18/summer-too-short/#comment-17025 Fritz Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:54:57 +0000 http://twwilliams.com/blog/2007/08/18/summer-too-short/#comment-17025 A real blog post! ;-) I usually just see your delicious bookmarks. Is "tire" one syllable or two? It rhymes with "hire," but hire and higher are homonyms and we think of higher as a two syllable word. Dire (as in Dire Straits) and dyer (somebody who dyes) are similar. I'm not being pedantic -- I'm just being tired and weird. I'll post the link Sunday if I get around to it, though it might actually happen Monday. Now it's time for bed. Good night. A real blog post! ;-) I usually just see your delicious bookmarks.

Is “tire” one syllable or two? It rhymes with “hire,” but hire and higher are homonyms and we think of higher as a two syllable word. Dire (as in Dire Straits) and dyer (somebody who dyes) are similar. I’m not being pedantic — I’m just being tired and weird.

I’ll post the link Sunday if I get around to it, though it might actually happen Monday. Now it’s time for bed. Good night.

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