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<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2>
<p>This time I have three main subjects to discuss, all of them dealing with misunderstandings of words:</p>
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<li>Mistakes made with <em>homophones</em>, one group of examples
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<li>The definition gets a little technical, see the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophone" title="Wikipedia: words that sound the same but have different meaning">Wikipedia</a> description.</li>
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<li>Misunderstandings of words from other languages
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<li><em>Pundit</em></li>
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<li>Looking at <em>Eggcorns</em> (a name chosen from a misspelling of <em>acorn</em>)
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<li>Wikipedia: <em>an alteration of a phrase through the mishearing or reinterpretation of one or more of its elements</em></li>
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<h2 id="long-notes">Long notes</h2>
<p>Follow this link to <a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3608/full_shownotes.html">read the detailed notes</a> associated with this episode.</p>
<h2 id="links">Links</h2>
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<li>Misunderstanding homophones:
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophone">Wikipedia article on <em>homophones</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/reign-vs-rein/">Confusing <em>reign</em> and <em>rein</em></a></li>
<li>Definitions of <em>reign</em>:
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<li><a href="https://www.thefreedictionary.com/reign">Free Dictionary: <em>reign</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reign">Merriam-Webster: <em>reign</em></a></li>
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<li>Definitions of <em>rein</em>:
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<li><a href="https://www.thefreedictionary.com/rein">Free Dictionary: <em>rein</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rein">Merriam-Webster: <em>rein</em></a></li>
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<li>Misunderstanding imported words:
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<li><a href="https://www.beedictionary.com/common-errors/pundint_vs_pundit">Bee Dictionary: <em>pundint or pundit</em></a></li>
<li>Definitions of <em>pundit</em>:
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<li><a href="https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Pundit">Free Dictionary: <em>pundit</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pundit">Merriam-Webster: <em>pundit</em></a></li>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru">Wikipedia article: Jawaharlal Nehru, aka <em>Pandit Nehru</em></a></li>
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<li><em>Eggcorns</em>:
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn">Wikipedia article on <em>Eggcorns</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/">The Eggcorn Database</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/">The Eggcorn Forum</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease">Wikipedia article on Alzheimer’s disease</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8690878-cruel-clever-cat-sally-having-swallowed-cheese-directs-down-holes"><em>Cruel, Clever Cat</em>, by Geoffrey Taylor</a> a joke on the Eggcorn <em>baited breath</em></li>
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<li>Previous episodes in this series:
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<li><a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2558">Battling with English - part 1</a></li>
<li><a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2596">Battling with English - part 2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2751">Battling with English - part 3</a></li>
<li><a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3525">Battling with English - part 4</a></li>
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