Language

I got a big kick out of a couple of roads in downtown Lake Jackson, TX. They are named ‘This Way’ and ‘That Way’. Guess there is someone in Lake Jackson with a sick sense of humor. I can hear them giving directions now, “Well, go straight and make a right on This Way and then go left on That Way”. Maybe we should take it further. How about having streets named things like “Road Rd” or “Street St”? I like “Avenue Ave”. Then to mix it up some, let’s also have “Road St.”, “Road Ave”, “Road Dr.”, and so on. I could also imagine names like “Turn Left Blvd” and “Keep Right Rd”. ...

There are a lot of homonyms running around out there in the wild. Finding three words that can be pronounced the same but are spelled different is more rare. I’ve collected this list of triple homonyms over a period of time. They are words that are spelled differently, have different meanings, but sound the same. I’ve also avoided using proper names in my list. Technically, calling these “homophones” may be more accurate. ...