Those words that look similar but mean different things

[Scruff]

Isn't Inveigh that swedish guitarist?

J Malmsteen?

B Springsteen...

[tractor]

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I remember a few years ago half of Portsmouth confused 'paediatrician' with 'paedophile' and all but lynched a female doctor.

When a journalist explained to one of the mob that paediatrician means children’s doctor, the bloke replied: "yeah, but she's still a pedo".

Urban Myth with some truth in the roots but it was St Brides, not Portsmouth or Bristol as widely exaggerated on Mumsnet etc....

[VectraMan]

Isn't Inveigh that swedish guitarist?

[Paddy]

Clematis and clitoris

Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

Clém – atis and Clít- toris (clídoris)

I love going to the desks of elderly master gardeners ready to answer your questions at garden centers during the growing season. I like to ask them, “How do you pronounce c, l, e, m, a, t, i, s?” If they pronounce it the non Greek way, I then ask them, “How do you pronounce c, l, i, t, o, r, i, s?” I am usually sent packing

[Project Monkey]

I remember a few years ago half of Portsmouth confused 'paediatrician' with 'paedophile' and all but lynched a female doctor.

When a journalist explained to one of the mob that paediatrician means children’s doctor, the bloke replied: "yeah, but she's still a pedo".

[Grasser73]

People have been sacked for using the term "niggardly" in these enlightened times.

Seriously? There is no connection other than they are almost homophones. Oops, can I even use that word now?!

[GlenW]

FTFY

That's just up at the posh end by the new temple.

[FatLazyContractor]

Keef-lay

FTFY

[GlenW]

Good question. Is it pronounced the same way as Keighley ?! -? Pronounced as Keeff-lee

FTFY

[FatLazyContractor]

So how do you pronounce inveigh ?

Good question. Is it pronounced the same way as Keighley ?! -? Pronounced as Keith-lee

[Grasser73]

niggard and n*gger

Merely saying the former out loud garners plenty of double-takes these days.

[NickFitz]

So how do you pronounce inveigh ?

Rhymes with "neigh" as in horses

It's a good word. It should be used more

[GlenW]

Inveigh is in Scotland isn't it?

[Halo Jones]

I just came across another pair:

inveigh - speak or write about (something) with great hostility

inveigle - persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery

Have to admit, I'd never heard of "inveigh"

So how do you pronounce inveigh ?

[OwlHoot]

I just came across another pair:

inveigh - speak or write about (something) with great hostility

inveigle - persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery

Have to admit, I'd never heard of "inveigh"