Re: waist vs waste

esara123 wrote:
> Hi
> They both pronounce the same!!!!! so the listen will know from the context
> what exactly do you mean by that word. It is so confusing.

"They are both pronounced the same!!!!! So the listener can only tell
from the context what exactly you mean by that word. It is so
confusing."

There are lots of words like that. Just the anatomical ones:

feat and feet
I and eye
hare and hair
hart and heart

Then there is the opposite problem: words which are spelt the same but
pronounced differently...

"I gave him the lead". Only the context can tell you whether I gave him
a dog leash or some metal!

.

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