That would be a homonym. Bill
----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 2:17 AM Subject: RE: PUG "January" is open > Steak and stake "ain't" a typo or a mispelling now is it? > Theres a term for words that sound the same but are spelled and > mean different things but it escapes me at the moment....... > I am guilty of all three types of mistakes from time to time. > JCO > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 1:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: PUG "January" is open > > > If you are eating "stakes" graywolf, you'd wanna watch out for those blasted > splinters - at least you won't be short on toothpicks though... ;-) > > Sorry, couldn't help myself, nasty aren't I to play on a typo?!?! > > tan. > > graywolf wrote: "Ah yes, the 4 basic food groups: pizza, beer, stake, > potatos." > >