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Society for Pure English, Tract 02 - On English Homophones by Robert Seymour Bridges;Society for Pure English
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scriptshrl.
temperature. tempri[ts][e] tempritsher.
interest. intrist intrist.
senator. senit[e] _and_ senniter _and_
sen[e]tor sennertor.
blossoming. bl[o]s[e]mi[ng] blosserming.
natural. næ[ts]r[er]l natshrerl _or_
natshrl.
orator. [o]r[e]t[e] orrerter.
rapturous. ræp[ts][er]r[e]s raptsherers _or_
raptshrers.
parasite. pær[e]sait parrersite.
obloquy. [o]bl[e]kwi oblerquy.
syllogise. sil[e][dz]aiz sillergize.
equivocal. ikwiv[e]k[er]l ikwívverk'l.
immaterial. im[e]ti[e]ri[e]l immertierierl.
miniature. mini[ts][e] minnitsher.
extraordinary. ikstr[o]:dnri ikstrordnry.
salute. s[e]lu:t [-lju:-] serloot _and_
serlute.
solution. s[e]lu:[s][e]n [-lju:-] serloosh'n _and_
serl[=u]sh'n.
subordinate (_adj._). s[e]b[o]:d[n.]it serbord'nit.
sublime. s[e]blaim serblime.

[Footnote 19: The dictionary allows mitigated variants of some of
these words.]

In culling these flowers of speech I was not blind to their great
picturesque merits, but they must not be taken for jokes, at least
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