Re: Tail and Tale are not Synonyms but Homophones

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sorry my "u" key keeps getting stuck, in my last sentence it
should state "Are you using, not Are you sing

On 11/19/10, This makes no sense wrote:
> I am very sorry to hear that you were written up today, however,
> your writing makes no sense whatsoever.
> Whatever you are alluding to is lost in your writing. I have a
> PhD in Lang and Lit and usally can make sense of what most
> people are refering to. It really "seems" that you are using
> homophones in place of an incorrectly used synonym (meaning a
> synonym would still not make sense in your writing)Are you sing
> the term tattle tail in place of a referece to the "tail end" of
> something?
>
> On 11/19/10, Anon wrote:
>>
>>> Tail and tale are not synonyms but homophones. Since we are
>>> teachers, we should really know that!
>>
>> Then get my point. I know that tail and tale are homphones.
>> I wasn't using my message that way. I said this teacher is a
>> tattle tail....meaning a synonym for tail. She is a
>> tattle__synonym for tail. Got it????
 

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