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Quest — by Dick Nuenke
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November's Quest asked what twelve words had in common.
The answer is they all have at least two other homonyms
(or homophones).
The clue that complacent doesn't quite make the list
was to indicate the words have more than one homophone
(complaisant is the only one for complacent).
The complete list follows:
Alma Litten correctly solved this Quest. A very complete list of homonyms is Alan Cooper's list of over 700 sets at www.cooper.com/alan/homonym.html . He also discusses the difference between homonyms, homophones (such as these) and homographs.
[ Webperson's note: The URL referenced above was a dead link when this column
was prepared for the web.
If it isn't brought back to life, here, at least, is a list of homonyms from
the same site:
www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html . ]
 The Quest for December consists of three lists, A, B, and C. Within each list the six persons named have something in common. Also all three lists have a certain common categorization, yet none of the names listed can properly be placed in one of the other two lists (I hope that makes some sense).
Send me your answer (see puzzle page for contact numbers). |
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