#capitonyms - Twitter Hashtag

over 5 years ago

#Capitonyms #Literacy #AdultLiteracy #AdultEdu #PromoteLiteracy #SaturdayThoughts

over 5 years ago

As you’ll learn at Planet Word, “turkey” the bird and “Turkey” the country are homonyms: words that look and sound the same. But they’re ALSO capitonyms – words that have different meanings when their first letter is capitalized.

PlanetWordDC's tweet photo. As you’ll learn at Planet Word, “turkey” the bird and “Turkey” the country are homonyms: words that look and sound the same. But they’re ALSO capitonyms – words that have different meanings when their first letter is capitalized. https://t.co/w5yMsiqkr4

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Jeremy Butterfield @JerMButterfield

almost 7 years ago

#capitonyms You what? Word pairs differentiated (solely) by initial capitalization (and/or pronunciation). Turkey vs. turkey in English August vs. august or Mosca vs. mosca in Italian.

Licia Corbolante @terminologia

almost 7 years ago

Un esempio particolare di omonimia: https://t.co/ikplTSixr1 #scritturebrevi

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Cage Chronicles @CageChronicles

over 8 years ago

Do you know what are 'capitonyms'? They are words which have a different meaning when the first letter is capitalized! Here some of them in this cool infographic :-) #Capitonyms #English #Vocab #LearningEnglish #EnglishSpeaking #PublicSpeaking #PepTalk