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Haw Meny Homofone Misteaks Kan Yoo Zpot?

by The Marketeer
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Hey Guys,

I received this poem recently in John Forde's newsletter. It's riddled with incorrect homophones and quite hilarious to read.

Since there's been some discussion recently about grammar and spelling etc. I thought it's worth posting this.

So without revealing what they are, see how many homophones you can spot which have been used incorrectly. Please post how many you found.

The Spell Checker Poem

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
#haw #kan #meny #misteaks #yoo #zpelling #zpot
  • Profile picture of the author jimmyn
    Can't see any spelling mistakes so 0.
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    • Profile picture of the author The Marketeer
      Originally Posted by jimmyn View Post

      Can't see any spelling mistakes so 0.
      Sorry, to be more accurate, it's not so much spelling mistakes. It more about the incorrect use of homophones.

      P.S. I've edited the O.P. to reflect that.
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  • Profile picture of the author jimmyn
    Ah thought it was some kind of trick question!
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve Hill
    I noticed 47 in a quick review, but it depends because some single words have been homophoned into two words. It is pretty funny.
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    • Profile picture of the author angiecolee
      Definitely 40+. Incredible for such a short piece.

      Agree with Steve - didn't know whether to count some of the ones that were split into two as one or two homophones.
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    I got 44, and now I have a bit of a headache .
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  • Profile picture of the author The Marketeer
    I counted 46 when counting each incorrect homephone individually...

    and 37 if each pair of incorrect homephones is taken as one correct homephone.

    Hope that's not too confusing.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by The Marketeer View Post

      I counted 46 when counting each incorrect homephone individually...

      and 37 if each pair of incorrect homephones is taken as one correct homephone.

      Hope that's not too confusing.
      I'm not getting either of those numbers. I hate this game.
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  • Profile picture of the author calhoun
    The italized text is what I think the poem says.

    The numbers below the poem's words are homophones I guess? :confused:

    Am I doing it right?



    Eye halve a spelling chequer
    1 2 3

    I have a spelling checker


    It came with my pea sea

    4 5

    It came with my PC


    It plainly marques four my revue

    6 7 8

    It plainly marks for my revenue


    Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

    9 10 11 12 13 14

    Mistakes I can not see.


    Eye strike a key and type a word

    15

    I strike a key and type a word


    And weight four it two say

    16 17 18

    And wait for it to say


    Weather eye am wrong oar write

    19 20 21 22

    Whether I am wrong or right


    It shows me strait a weigh.

    23 24 25

    It shows me straight away.


    As soon as a mist ache is maid

    26 27 28

    As soon as a mistake is made


    It nose bee fore two long

    29 30 31 32

    It knows before too long


    And eye can put the error rite

    33 34

    And I can put the error right


    Its rare lea ever wrong.

    35 36

    It's rare we ever wrong.


    Eye have run this poem threw it

    37 38

    I have run this poem through it


    I am shore your pleased two no

    39 38 39 40

    I am sure your pleased to know


    Its letter perfect awl the weigh

    41 42 43

    It's letter perfect all the way


    My chequer tolled me sew.

    44 45 46

    My checker told me so.
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  • Profile picture of the author The Marketeer
    Well done Calhoun! Good analysis butt yew let tha kat owt tha bag!

    Anyway, that's exactly how I counted it but...

    If you count pairs of incorrect homephones like "pea sea" which is supposed to be P.C. (personal computer) as one then I got 37.

    P.S. In the 1st verse 3rd line," revue"= review and in the 2nd verse last line "rare lea" = rarely
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