what is the homophone of knew and eight
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or comment from someone wondering “What’s the difference between ‘deer’ and ‘dear’?” Or something similar. And at least some of you know, there is no difference in the pronunciation. They are homophones. In this American English pronunciation video, we’re going to go over what homophones are, and a long list of them. You’ll probably even learn some new words.
English is not a phonetic language. That means there is not a direct relationship between letters and sounds. So you can have two different words with different spellings that are pronounced exactly the same. These are called homophones, and there are a lot in American English.
When I was in Paris with my friend Sara, she said something about the bridge with locks. It’s a famous bridge, though I believe they have since had to remove some or all of the locks. But she said something about this bridge and my mind went to a different word, ‘lochs’, a narrow bay or body of water. It makes sense, bridge, bay. Then my mind went to ‘lox’ – salmon. Again, it kind of makes sense: bridge, water, salmon. But then I realized she meant this ‘locks’. And we had a good laugh.
Normally with homophones, the context is
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Homophone of 'knew' is new.
Homophone of 'eight' is ate.