Similar sounding phrases

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Similar sounding phrases

Postby korn » 2014-01-11, 12:59

Hi there,

Reading through the latest post here, a question pops up in my head: Are there more similar sounding phrases like these here:

I scream - Ice Cream
Yes, we can! - Yes, Weekend!
Mr. Reese - Mysteries

Any more? :D
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Re: Similar sounding phrases

Postby Naihonn » 2014-01-11, 14:15

Ok, my own...

caesar salad - seizer cellared

:D

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Re: Similar sounding phrases

Postby Ciarán12 » 2014-01-11, 17:30

korn wrote:Yes, we can! - Yes, Weekend!


Naihonn wrote:caesar salad - seizer cellared


I doubt many native speakers pronounce those similarly. I certainly don't.

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Re: Similar sounding phrases

Postby Naihonn » 2014-01-11, 17:52

My example is not exactly the same but I believe it is very similar. And my dictionary thinks that too. :whistle:

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Re: Similar sounding phrases

Postby PiotrR » 2014-01-11, 19:29

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Re: Similar sounding phrases

Postby JuxtapositionQMan » 2014-03-01, 3:15

Naihonn wrote:My example is not exactly the same but I believe it is very similar. And my dictionary thinks that too. :whistle:
Wow, that's a bad dictionary. Don't trust any other pronunciations from that source.
Anyway:
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Go away--Boa Key
Leave my sight--Leave mice tight
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Re: Similar sounding phrases

Postby OldBoring » 2014-03-03, 7:00

I had a hard time distinguishing between "I want" and "I won't".

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Re: Similar sounding phrases

Postby IpseDixit » 2014-03-05, 0:39

PiotrR wrote:[flag=]en-AU[/flag] Australian English: You can't! /jʉː ˈkaːnt/ - You cunt! /jʉː ˈkant/
[flag=]en-NZ[/flag] New Zealand English: You can't! /jʉː ˈkɐːnt/ - You cunt! /jʉː ˈkɐnt/


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Re: Similar sounding phrases

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Re: Similar sounding phrases

Postby telruen » 2014-05-18, 14:08

Bob Loblaw - Bla Bla Bla :)

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Re: Similar sounding phrases

Postby OldBoring » 2014-07-04, 14:04

I don't know if I should post this here or in the true false friends thread.
The recent post about un coca cola - un colacao has reminded me of this anecdote.

My grandpa was drinking Chinese yellow wine (rice wine), which despite the name is brown, with a similar colour to coke. My brother asked him: "Coca cola ah?" (="Is it Coca Cola?")

Then my grandpa understood his question as "搁铅锅里啊?" [kʰo kʰa ku li æ] (Qingtianese for "do you put it in the pot?"). And said, "总搁铅锅里呢" ("obviously you put it in the pot!").
He thought my brother asked him if the food is cooked in the pot. :lol:

[flag=]it[/flag] Coca cola (but really, any language)
Qingtianese (wuu) 搁铅锅里 - put it in the pot

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Re: Similar sounding phrases

Postby IpseDixit » 2014-07-04, 15:25

Are throws and throes homophones?

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Re: Similar sounding phrases

Postby linguoboy » 2014-07-04, 15:32

IpseDixit wrote:Are throws and throes homophones?

They are. "Throws of ecstasy/childbirth" are extremely frequent solecisms.
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Re: Similar sounding phrases

Postby vijayjohn » 2014-08-08, 20:12

Youngfun wrote:I had a hard time distinguishing between "I want" and "I won't".

The only difference there is the vowel in "want" vs. "won't." :)

Here are a couple of pretty famous examples. :P

the sky - this guy
(for) which it stands - (for) Richard Stands


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