The Homophone Game!
Not your elementary one either. The premise is simple. Come up with a word that is audibly identical to two or more other words (or one as an abstract compound word) and use them in a sentence.
Here is the point system in ascending order.
- Using non-base words that are the base word literally split are only half a point. For example a "car pet" soiling a "carpet".
- A single use of non-base (or secondary) words are 1 point. For example, describing how a prison cellmate hogging his "cell fish" is "selfish".
- A double use of typographically unique secondary words is 5 points. For example stating how -according to some hypothetical contract- according to the "clause it" states say your gardening "claws sit" in the "closet".
- A single use of three secondary words is worth 10 points. For example if you could somehow use "man you all" in a sentence with "manual".
- A double use of three typographically unique sets of secondary words is worth... let's say 50. And I will donate $50 to you or PF. Doubt it can be done. Also I may or may not donate nothing if you insist on it be to you. Then again I probably would if it's not a cheap one.
I'll start.
"These days, whether you have a moat or a car, it needs a motor.
1 point
Here is the point system in ascending order.
- Using non-base words that are the base word literally split are only half a point. For example a "car pet" soiling a "carpet".
- A single use of non-base (or secondary) words are 1 point. For example, describing how a prison cellmate hogging his "cell fish" is "selfish".
- A double use of typographically unique secondary words is 5 points. For example stating how -according to some hypothetical contract- according to the "clause it" states say your gardening "claws sit" in the "closet".
- A single use of three secondary words is worth 10 points. For example if you could somehow use "man you all" in a sentence with "manual".
- A double use of three typographically unique sets of secondary words is worth... let's say 50. And I will donate $50 to you or PF. Doubt it can be done. Also I may or may not donate nothing if you insist on it be to you. Then again I probably would if it's not a cheap one.
I'll start.
"These days, whether you have a moat or a car, it needs a motor.
1 point
Comments (14)
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Whoops. Forgot to mention the secondary words must sound identical to the base word when pronounced together and must be used sequentially one after the other, together! @Amity gets it.
Kind of a dumb game I guess. But hey $50. :D
Yay :party:
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It kind of also has to be coherent.
I suppose that quote wasn't. Basically doing the thing that I said is worth 10 points but instead of a single use it has to be two, the second one being different (uses of?) words but still sounding the same as the base word and first use. Basically a total of three homophones, one being a single base word, and two being three words each all verbally identical when pronounced. I literally can't even think of any possible examples. Hence the wager. :D
It is coherent.
Dang. You didn't just make that page did you? XD
Wow. That's.. pretty neat. Naturally I plan to be a subscriber as I love this site but of course seeing as the majority of repeat posters here are.. very intelligent, so one could assume the admin is as well, there should be no shortage that is to say urgency for funding.
Nevertheless I'm impressed and have to double check whatever I said that are rules but, yeah. Dang.
Eh. I guess technically that would be 10 points but between the fact it's basically the base word split and mostly.. I forget what you call those. Pronouns or something? I, me, you, it, etc. Whatever those are.
Say 5 points