Re: What two words . . . ?

[Ken Caviness <caviness@southern.edu>]

Je 11:48 AM 2/17/98 -0500, SCIAMANDA@EDINBORO.EDU skribis:

> A lurker has privately solved the puzzle of homonyms which are also=20
> antonyms.  He is William M. Wehrbein; he says he heard it 20 or 30=20
> years ago; so I guess I cannot claim first discovery :(  Are you ready?
>
> CLEAVE and CLEAVE
>
> -Bob

Well, you didn't say that you wanted a single word that has two opposite
meanings!  ;-)  I could have answered the question if it had been phrased
that way.

Perhaps it's all in one's point of view.  To me "cleave" and "cleave" are
not homonyms -- "deer" and "dear" are, "sail" and "sale" are, and in
Tennesse, "tarred" and "tired" are.  (To a first approximation.)

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Have a good day!

Ken

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