Talk:Homograph

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I don’t understand the rationale for the inclusion of the Chinese language examples. They don’t help a reader who is ignorant of Chinese and no other language is called out this way. I recommend deleting these examples as irrelevant and unhelpful.

Example 1

I believe that saying all 3 examples of shift are homophones is incorrect. Homophones are words that sound similar/exact in pronunciation but have different spellings. They would be homonyms, which are words that are spelled the same and are pronounced the same but have a different meaning. Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have a different meaning and pronunciation. The confusion though is if you hold to the definition of homonyms as words with the same spelling, different meaning but could have a different pronunciation. Then of course homonyms and homographs are the same, but not homophones.207.75.211.105 (talk) 19:52, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Example 2

But what do you call a word that is spelled the same, but does not mean the same there can be three meanings for that same word for example Date can mean three different things such as Date as in the fruit or Date as in I am going on a date or what is the date to day?

The book is on the desk. (THE book is on THEE desk) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 171.66.176.61 (talk) 00:15, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'd call it having a weird accent. --144.53.226.17 (talk) 06:16, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Homograph vs. false friend

I would like to see this article explicate the difference between a homograph and a false friend (with a reliable source). Ringbang (talk) 17:15, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Dealt with by See also. The difference is abundantly clear when comparing the articles. sirlanz 00:17, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]