3-fer: E, I, E, I, Oh!
It’s Hump Day, and if you don’t have enough confusion
in your life … here … let me help!
Pretend this is an Elizabethan drama and I’m heralding the entrance of your Wordplay Wednesday
three-fer!
SENNET (senʹit)
– n. a trumpet call used as a signal
for ceremonial entrances and exits in Elizabethan drama. [WW #77; 3-fer/1]
SENNIT (senʹit)
– n. 1) a flat braided material made
by plaiting strands of rope yarn; 2) plaited straw, grass, etc. used for making
hats. [WW #77; 3-fer/3]
The English language is full of this type of
confusion – their identical pronunciations compound our chaos – like we don’t
have enough already!
Homonyms can be harmful to your Hump Day (and the rest of your week)!
Watch your spelling or you
could try to ask someone for some plaited yarn (sennit) to weave a fun gift, and end up spending a week (sennight) with them! [Then again …
you might sennet (trumpet) the thought!]
Word Challenge: SENNET | SENNIGHT | SENNIT. Hear the herald for you to weave these lovable words into
your week of writings!
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