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
26: dove
I learned to use not dove but
dived
When writing ’bout a dive
That happened sometime in the past.
(I think that I was five.)
But one day, on a diving board,
I looked and saw a dove,
And so I asked him—nicely, Yo—
If he was certain of
The simple past of dive, and
he
Just cooed and flew away.
It seems that doves don’t really care
About our tenses—nay!
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