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Isn't the point of homophones that they sound like the equivalent word, thus gory, grim, grisly, scary?
by jeffgreco 8mo ago
Isn't the point of homophones that they sound like the equivalent word, thus gory, grim, grisly, scary?
- extra88 8mo agoI think the confusion is about what "Gorey, Grimm, Scarry" mean. They, along with "Silverstein" in that game, are last names of children's authors.
- Lerc 8mo agoAnd that would be OK as a clue if Silverstein was a red herring, Grizzly was also a children's author and Scarry sounded like scary (and also meant something in the same ballpark as Gory, Grim, and Grisly)
- quuxplusone 8mo agoRichard Scarry's surname is indeed pronounced "scary," rather than (as I assumed for many years) "scarr-ry." That is, it rhymes with Harry, Larry, carry, parry, tarry, and marry, rather than... uh, starry, I guess?
- quesera 8mo agoWhere I come from, Scarry rhymes with Harry, but Harry does not rhyme with scary. Harry does not rhyme with hairy Scarry does not rhyme with scary Marry does not rhyme with Mary. Nor with merry! You can probably triangulate my childhood home with that information. :)