PeterWilson at 22:39, 17 April 2015

2015-04-17T22:39:21Z

PeterWilson: New page: '''Beware!''' These are two words that may look as if they sound alike, but they do not. (They are not homophones.) Both have the stress on the first syllable, but they are pronounced...

2008-03-02T11:59:06Z

New page: '''Beware!''' These are two words that may look as if they sound alike, but they do not. (They are not homophones.) Both have the stress on the first syllable, but they are pronounced...

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'''Beware!'''

These are two words that may look as if they sound alike, but they do not. (They are not [[homophone]]s.) Both have the stress on the first syllable, but they are pronounced differently.

*'''orchard''' (the name of a group of fruit trees growing in one place) is pronounced with a 'soft' '-ch-', as in 'chest' or 'chest': 'ORT-shurd' {{IPA|É”<sup>r</sup>tËˆÊƒÉœ<sup>r</sup>d}}
*'''orchid''' (one of a large family of flowering plants, the ''Orchideae'') is pronounced with a hard '-ch-' (the Greek letter Ï‡, 'chi'): 'OR-kid', {{IPA|ËˆÉ”rkÉªd}}

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 '''Beware!'''
-These are two words that may look as if they sound alike, but they do not. (They are not [[homophone]]s.) Both have the stress on the first syllable, but they are pronounced differently.
+These are two words that may look as if they sound alike, but they do not. (They are '''heterophones''', not [[homophone]]s.) Both have the stress on the first syllable, but they are pronounced differently.
-*'''orchard''' (the name of a group of fruit trees growing in one place) is pronounced with a 'soft' '-ch-', as in 'chest' or 'chest': 'ORT-shurd' {{IPA|É”<sup>r</sup>tËˆÊƒÉœ<sup>r</sup>d}}
+*'''orchard''' (the name of a group of fruit trees growing in one place) is pronounced with a '[[Hard (consonant)|soft]]' '-ch-', as in 'chest' or 'chest': 'ORT-shurd' {{IPA|ˈɔː<sup>r</sup> tʃɜ<sup>r</sup>d}}
-*'''orchid''' (one of a large family of flowering plants, the ''Orchideae'') is pronounced with a hard '-ch-' (the Greek letter Ï‡, 'chi'): 'OR-kid', {{IPA|ËˆÉ”rkÉªd}}
+*'''orchid''' (one of a large family of flowering plants, the ''Orchideae'') is pronounced with a [[Hard (consonant)|hard]] '-ch-' (the Greek letter χ, 'chi'): 'OR-kid', {{IPA|ˈɔ<sup>r</sup> kɪd}}
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Orchard - orchid - Revision history

PeterWilson at 22:39, 17 April 2015

PeterWilson: New page: '''Beware!''' These are two words that may look as if they sound alike, but they do not. (They are not homophones.) Both have the stress on the first syllable, but they are pronounced...