Oak missed - MISSED! - the following question from one of his English worksheets:
Name 3 homonyms of the word "hare".*
Oak wrote down "hair" as a homonym for "hare," but then he felt stumped and couldn't think of another two homonyms. Can you?
He was surprised to find out that none of his classmates found the question difficult.
They told him that the homonyms are "hare," "hair," "hear," and "here," of course.
They pronounce these words EXACTLY the same!
*Yes, the period - or the "full stop" - is placed OUTSIDE the quotation marks when you are within the Commonwealth of Nations. I get a kick out of the little details, like this, of living abroad!
I'd actually agree with Oak - "hear" and "here' have the same pronunciation"; "hair" and "hare" have the same pronunciation, but not all four the same. However, I was born in England, so probably have some slightly different pronunciations from my New Zealand-born friends. In Bristol, my Dad's home town, "still", "steel" and "steal" are all pronounced exactly the same! Gotta love those regional accents!
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