6. let -- allow, stop (e.g., in tennis) On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Bill Fairchild <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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