What is the difference,” asks S.F. Spirito of Rocky Hill, “between a homophone and a homonym?” A homograph is actually a category of homonym. “Homonyms” is a general term for two words that are ...

Once or twice a year I have to clean out my mind's backlog of useless information, waffling opinions and totally unintelligible junk. Failing to do this makes my brain back up and overflow like a ...

Kristina Gopp's fourth-graders at O'Plaine School in Gurnee asked, “What's the difference between a homonym and a homophone and a homograph?” Is it an animal, vegetable or mineral? In the game ...

Generally, we use the word “homonym” incorrectly, applying it too widely and covering lots of different linguistic terms. You’re doing it, but its probably not your fault. Most people were given the ...

If Rose Howard’s family was well off, she’d be a “special” girl who was considered smart and quirky by the teachers at her private school for children who have Asperger’s syndrome. But Rose, the main ...