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Old 10-Oct-2006, 19:46
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Default Re: phonetics

Homophones are words that sound the same, while their spelling is different (e.g. bear-bare, flour-flower)
If their spelling is also the same, they are homonyms [e.g. bank (of a river)-bank (the financial institution)]

Regarding "Jamaica" and "Did you make her?", I guess you can pronounce them the same, with a lot of imagination
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