No matter how much we wish this was a case of a paper overselling its headline, it is absolutely true: A social-media specialist for a private language school in Provo, Utah, has been fired because he wrote a blog piece about homophones, which his employer worried would make the school seem gay somehow. You see, Nomen Global Language Center is a school for foreigns learning English, and owner Clarke Woodger was very upset at blogger Tim Torkildson (all names in this story are real, even if they sound like they're from a Dickens novel set in Lake Wobegon) for using
I haven&#039;t heard of this one, but I suppose <a href="http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newstopics\/howaboutthat\/3330057\/Vicar-went-to-hospital-with-potato-stuck-in-bottom.html" target="_blank">if it happened to a vicar,</a> it could happen to a lady too.
One day when I was cutting out of work early, I ran into our office&#039;s self-appointed &quot;hall monitor&quot; (and blooper reel maven), John &quot;Tosh&quot; Oh. When he asked where I was going, I replied curtly, &quot;Home, Oh!&quot; And then as I watched him storm off in the direction of the HR Director&#039;s office, I muttered something else under my breath.
<i>And considering how common they are in English, not teaching about and how to distinguish them early on could easily cause confusion for your students.</i>
But they&#039;re already confused! Do you hear that gibberish coming out of their mouths?
Novels/tv shows/movies sometimes have the tag line &quot;Ripped from today&#039;s headlines!&quot; This was ripped from today&#039;s Dilbert cartoon.
&quot;Woodger&quot; sounds like the name of a badger in a British children&#039;s book.
&quot;Hello hello! Welcome to Jesusland!&quot;
&quot;Que?&quot;
&quot;Cunctator&quot;
I haven&#039;t heard of this one, but I suppose <a href="http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newstopics\/howaboutthat\/3330057\/Vicar-went-to-hospital-with-potato-stuck-in-bottom.html" target="_blank">if it happened to a vicar,</a> it could happen to a lady too.
*Looks at photo*
Woodger? I sure woodg!
He can take a licking, and he gives as good as he gets.
The Mormons actually have a fix for that.
Same here...I&#039;ve Had Enough <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watc..." target="_blank"> <a href="" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEAdhs9tKv4">http://www.youtube.com/watc..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEAdhs9tKv4">www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEA...
Beyond a shadow of a doubt.
You can even write about it.
Het Woodger! Up your nose with a rubber hose!
One day when I was cutting out of work early, I ran into our office&#039;s self-appointed &quot;hall monitor&quot; (and blooper reel maven), John &quot;Tosh&quot; Oh. When he asked where I was going, I replied curtly, &quot;Home, Oh!&quot; And then as I watched him storm off in the direction of the HR Director&#039;s office, I muttered something else under my breath.
But the Greek shall inherit the Earth!
<i>And considering how common they are in English, not teaching about and how to distinguish them early on could easily cause confusion for your students.</i>
But they&#039;re already confused! Do you hear that gibberish coming out of their mouths?
Jonathon Swift liebulz!
Only if it&#039;s white milk.
Novels/tv shows/movies sometimes have the tag line &quot;Ripped from today&#039;s headlines!&quot; This was ripped from today&#039;s Dilbert cartoon.