http://www.petersblog.org/ Nodes containing the tag english http://www.petersblog.org/node/view/1206 <p> Never noticed before that the words wound (as in ouch) and wound (as in coiled) are spelt the same. Lead (as in dog), lead (as in pipe), read (a book), read (last week) pale in significance. </p> <p> Update: forgot live (rhymes with five) and live (rhymes with give). </p><p>Related Posts: <a href="/tag/english">english</a></p> http://www.petersblog.org/node/view/1206 english http://www.petersblog.org/node/view/1183 <p> My daughter likes to watch <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Cook%2C_Little_Cook">Big Cook Little Cook</a> a program that works on many levels. It leaves me wondering why: </p> <ul><li> the big cook calls the little cook 'small' not 'little'. </li> <li> the big cook is never referred to as the 'large' cook. </li> <li> whether the terms 'little' and 'large' are interchangable with 'small' and 'big' </li> <li> why the english language would have duplicate words for the whole size concept. </li></ul> <p> Maybe <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_and_large">Little and Large</a> still have some kind of copyright on the phrase? </p><p>Related Posts: <a href="/tag/english">english</a></p> http://www.petersblog.org/node/view/1183 english