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Blogger fired from language school over ‘homophonia’


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By Paul Rolly, Salt Lake Tribune

Homophones, as any English grammarian can tell you, are words that sound the same but have different meanings and often different spellings — such as be and bee, through and threw, which and witch, their and there.

This concept is taught early on to foreign students learning English because it can be confusing to someone whose native language does not have that feature.

But when the social-media specialist for a private Provo-based English language learning center wrote a blog explaining homophones, he was let go for creating the perception that the school promoted a gay agenda.

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Comments (4)
  1. copper says - Posted: August 1, 2014

    Education doesn’t always eliminate ignorance; in some cultures it just gives it cover.

  2. remembers when says - Posted: August 2, 2014

    Suppression is alive and well. Homorons.

  3. cosa pescado says - Posted: August 2, 2014

    We all agree that the book of mormon is a complete fiction, right?

  4. reloman says - Posted: August 2, 2014

    caso where in the world did this comment come from? nothing about this article or the comments suggests anything religious.