Friday, August 10, 2018

Looks Can Fool You, 24

het·ero·nym

Noun: one of two or more homographs [words that are spelled the same]
that differ in pronunciation and meaning
(such as a bass voice and bass, a fish)
First Known Use: circa 1889

24: do

I didn’t see what I could do
It was a mystery:
Each time she saw me, she would start
That singing: “Do-re-mi.”

Again! Again! Again! Again!
It drove me pure insane.
And that is why I’m in the “home”—
Where all my years will wane.

Oh, then they asked if I would join
A group they have—the choir?
But when I heard that “do-re-mi,”
I knew I would expire.

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