Meaning of oronym | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The toponym of a mountain.
2. A phrase or sentence that sounds the same as another phrase or sentence.

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Examples

“[…]sometimes what you hear⟳ isn't what you're supposed to hear⟳. Oronyms are sentences that can be read⟳ in two ways with the same sound⟳.”

“An oronym that comes from mishearing the lyrics of a song is most often called a mondegreen.”

“Vowel harmony may serve⟳ the purpose of parsing the morphosyntactic words in phrases (i.e., oronym avoidance).”

“The comedian Jeff Foxworthy often uses oronyms in his Appalachian comedy routine, as when he uses a sentence with moustache: "I moustache [must ask⟳] you a question⟳."”

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