The Difference Between Metaphor and Truth/Reality

The adult speaks in figures of speech, the kid misinterprets them using concrete terms. —So we have several examples of this difference. Good lesson.

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Using an adjective for an adverb is a fairly common error. Last word:

You know the word should be “easily,” right?

The last post was about homonyms and such. That made me think of Dad jokes, which are deliberately misconfigured homonyms, making them into a pun. For example:

Last panel: “leaf” instead of “leave.”

The middle panel has a worse one: “herbivore” instead of “Herb before.”

Groan. Got any better Dad jokes?

Two homonyms, actually.

A homonym, by the way, can be a pair (or more) of words that have different meanings and are spelled differently but pronounced the same. A homonym can also be a pair of words spelled the same, have different meanings, but are pronounced differently (such as row, to be one after another and row, a disorganized conflict). And then you can have homographs that are spelled and pronounced the same but have different meanings; for example bear, to carry, and bear a furry animal. A lot of verb-noun combinations are in this group, such a list to mention one after another, and list, a row of items. And then there’s list, a boat tipping in the wind.

Ah, good ol’ English.

I wouldn’t have made this into a post, but the art is terrible. What is that on the right???

And you know the word should be “you’re,” not “your.”

Two icks! harrumpf.