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Teague wrote:Community Member Walking Stick
Citizen Kane
Wait, what? That's no synonym, that's a homophone. If you don't stick strictly to the rules you're making up as you go along, what chance does anyone have of getting the right answer, other than those who get the right answer?
That's no synonym, that's a homophone.
I was gonna say "actually that's a homonym," but apparently they have generally the same meaning. Huh.
THERE. A SYNONYM. SUCK ON THAT.
EDIT: And holy shit, is Dictionary.com breaking my head with this shit.
Homonym, homophone, and homograph designate words that are identical to other words in spelling or pronunciation, or both, while differing from them in meaning and usually in origin. Homophones are words that sound alike, whether or not they are spelled differently. The words pear “fruit,” pare “cut off,” and pair “two of a kind” are homophones that are different in spelling; bear “carry; support” and bear “animal” are homophones that are spelled alike. Homographs are words that are spelled identically but may or may not share a pronunciation. Spruce “tree” and spruce “neat” are homographs, but so are row [roh] Show IPA “line” and row [rou] “fight” as well as sewer [soo-er] “conduit for waste” and sewer [soh-er] “person who sews.” Homonyms are, in the strictest sense, both homophones and homographs, alike in spelling and pronunciation, as the two forms bear. Homonym, however, is used more frequently than homophone, a technical term, when referring to words with the same pronunciation without regard to spelling. Homonym is also used as a synonym of homograph. Thus, it has taken on a broader scope than either of the other two terms and is often the term of choice in a nontechnical context.
fcw wrote:That's no synonym, that's a homophone.
I was gonna say "actually that's a homonym," but apparently they have generally the same meaning. Huh.
THERE. A SYNONYM. SUCK ON THAT.
Some of my best friends are homonyms.
Meanwhile, assuming I cracked Zarban's riddle, slurp ye on this:
Is it possible that Bosch Artificial-Genital-Fuzz disremembers Clemency Shagge subsequently to come across joy with verisimilitude?
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Boom, baby.
Incoming Swarm of Carcass Thiefs
Dick and Blade Runner?
Assuming one of those is right:
The Rare Fowl From the Southern Caucasus Known for Its Diaphanous Feathers...
Dick and Blade Runner?
Assuming one of those is right:
The Rare Fowl From the Southern Caucasus Known for Its Diaphanous Feathers...
It's been long enough.... The answer is the Tarantino-favorite Dario Argento thriller The Bird With the Crystal Plumage
New riddle...
Domiciled Singularly
Zarban wrote:Dick and Blade Runner?
Assuming one of those is right:
The Rare Fowl From the Southern Caucasus Known for Its Diaphanous Feathers...It's been long enough.... The answer is the Tarantino-favorite Dario Argento thriller The Bird With the Crystal Plumage
I actually figured that out using Google, but didn't know the film, and decided that using Google to get to an answer I didn't recognize was probably some kind of cheating.
New riddle...
Domiciled Singularly
Home Alone.
The Escapades of Attack Cowboy Astride the Octal Extent.
The Thing?
Sorry, I left Buckaroo Banzai expecting someone else to answer, but it appears that this battle of wits has come down to you, and it has come down to me.
Have you ever heard of Plato? Aristotle? Socrates? Morons.
Ewing wrote:Teague wrote:Community Member Walking Stick
Citizen Kane
Wait, what? That's no synonym, that's a homophone. If you don't stick strictly to the rules you're making up as you go along, what chance does anyone have of getting the right answer, other than those who get the right answer?
Can I ask? What the fuck are you on? How in any way is that a homophone?
fcw wrote:Ewing wrote:Citizen Kane
Wait, what? That's no synonym, that's a homophone. If you don't stick strictly to the rules you're making up as you go along, what chance does anyone have of getting the right answer, other than those who get the right answer?
Can I ask? What the fuck are you on? How in any way is that a homophone?
I'm pretty sure he's saying that 'walking stick' is a synonym for 'cane', which is itself a HOMOPHONE of 'Kane', which is what's in the actual title. In which case he basically has a point (although one he is clearly making in jest), but I'm fairly sure everyone would agree that since 'Kane' itself has no synonyms, it's perfectly reasonable to find synonyms for homophones.
Last edited by Gregory Harbin (2011-06-20 22:55:15)
Pish posh. Homophones we can deal with. Battleships that are "wading" and Petes that are somehow equivalent to Daves are more problematic.
If The Thing is correct, I pose... Elmer Banks and Ed Larrson Fuck the United States
Pish posh. Homophones we can deal with. Battleships that are "wading" and Petes that are somehow equivalent to Daves are more problematic.
If The Thing is correct, I pose... Elmer Banks and Ed Larrson Fuck the United States
Beavis & Butthead Do America
d) I haven't a clue what the obscure dumb Greek philosophers one was about.
Oh, that wasn't a riddle. It was a quote. I guess we're at an impasse. I can't compete with you physically. And you're no match for my brains.
Beavis & Butthead Do America
Correct, of course.
Oh, that wasn't a riddle. It was a quote. I guess we're at an impasse. I can't compete with you physically. And you're no match for my brains.
You're that smart?
Ewing wrote:Beavis & Butthead Do America
Correct, of course.
Becoming The Bad Guy From Con Air
Zarban wrote:Oh, that wasn't a riddle. It was a quote. I guess we're at an impasse. I can't compete with you physically. And you're no match for my brains.
You're that smart?
Apparently not. DAMN YOU WIKIPEDIA!!!! "Elmer Banks and Ed Larrson" are NOT the real names of Beavis and Butt-head. GOD DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!!! (Specifically, YOU, IP address 71.211.119.84!!!)
Uh...
Being John Malkovich?
Uh...
Being John Malkovich?
Yep.
Okay then, here we go.
White House
Okay then, here we go.
White House
1. Casablanca.
2. God dammit, that is exactly the one I was going to do.
Samhain 3, Term of the Warlock.
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