h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Borough - a local district
Borough - a hole in the ground, or the act of creating one.


Geggs

liver - that 'orrible offal stuff
Liver (as in birds) - adjective of the town they call Liverpool (I'm sure I've seen them on the news recently...)

Do place names count?

scone - a bun-like cousin of the rock cake. Sounds like "skon"

Scone - a small town (with palace) near Perth. Sounds like "skoon"

Sure, I think anything should count that falls within said deffinition.

It does seem odd that so many are verbs/nouns...

Of course, I fell like a loser... I start this thing and you guys come up with way more than I ever thought of! :P Bu I gues that was the whole point!

There's a type of explosive called "tonite", pronounced "tunn-ite". I'm getting some of it tonite.

Cock - a male fowl
Cock - to prepare a firing mechanism
Cock a snook - a contempteous gesture (what the hell is a snook?)
Cock - mate, as in my old cock
Cock - water tap or stop cock
Cock - to raise an eyebrow at a jaunty angle
Cock up - to make a mess of
That's about it

Shower---
a) the wet shower you take after a long day
b) One that shows: a shower of thoroughbred horses;
a shower of great affection.(www.dictionary.com)

But all those cocks are pronounced the same way. We're looking for words which are spelled the same but pronounced different.

Dove--a bird
Dove--American for 'dived'

Azara

gill - a breathing apparatus on a fish
gill (pr. jill) - a measure of liquid equal to one quarter pint

gel - jelly like substance, e.g.hair gel
gel - (hard g) slang for "girl"

Polish - make shiny
Polish - from Poland.

Unionised--organised into a trade union
Unionised--not chraged into ions


Azara

Good one!

You guys are brilliant! lol!

Invalid - Incapacitated by illness or injury.
Invalid - Not valid.

Sow - the seeds and scatter

Sow - a female pig

is this right ?

Would be if it hadn't come up in Post 12, yes.

B

Thank you for telling me so sweetly !!!

Suppose row's gone as well..

What about:

record (1) music on disc or a written log of events

(2) best ever performance or result

Lazy Chips

'Unionised--not chraged into ions'

Looks towards dictionary corner. Richard Whitely is looking sceptical


Not convinced this is a real word I'm afraid.

* is too much of a Countdown freak.... and you should see my mother!*