Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Don't accidentally write something funny. Jan grammar I am English, which causes a few linguistic problems whenever I am in the States. Years ago, when the family was living in Houston, one of the children came home from school with a list of homophones. It included bullion v bouillon. Now, we live about twenty miles, by sea, from the country which originated bouillon, and I have puzzled for a long time just how these two words, "bweeyon" amd "bulleeun", could possibly be homophones. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/homophones.aspx?commentid=20847#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/homophones.aspx?commentid=20847#Comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:54:25 GMT geo grammar I was reading an article once, about how GPS works. The article mentioned that the master clock was maintained by the "U.S. Navel Observatory" in Washington. Hmmmmm. Pretty good work, I wonder if they're hiring? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/homophones.aspx?commentid=13863#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/homophones.aspx?commentid=13863#Comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:10:04 GMT gigi grammar really good Article! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/homophones.aspx?commentid=13840#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/homophones.aspx?commentid=13840#Comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:09:26 GMT wleong grammar Homophone: Peak vs. Pique vs. Piqué Flair vs. Flare http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/homophones.aspx?commentid=13717#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/homophones.aspx?commentid=13717#Comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:09:16 GMT Axel grammar This episode needs the "Don´t listen to this at work" tag. It was the first thing on my iP*d this morning and I got some strange looks from coworkers. In my family it is the chocolate mouse, but I can see that a chocolate moose is preferable. Suicide by choolate! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/homophones.aspx?commentid=13683#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/homophones.aspx?commentid=13683#Comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:35:40 GMT Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:54:25 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/homophones.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us