Sighting vs. citing, homophones, etc.: Then there are all the Janus words, which are spelled the same, pronounced the same, but have opposite meanings Fortunately, there are not many. Here are a few in English: 1. cleave - to stick together or to be torn apart 2. oversight - watching over or failing to watch over 3. sanction - to allow or to forbid 4. sojourn - to travel or to stay in one place 5. with - together as allies or against as enemies (the US fought with Britain against Germany in WW2; the US fought with Germany in WW2).
What a language. Bill Fairchild Rocket Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
