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J.Doute | 05:03 Thu 27th May 2004 | Phrases & Sayings
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What is the (only?) word in the English language that changes both pronunciation and meaning when it is capitalized?
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'Polish' with a capital 'P' means 'from Poland' and 'polish' without the capital means 'rub clean and shiny'. (There may be others.)
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Penistone and penistone. the former is a town in Derbyshire, the latter is the shade of colour of your willy
all right i made it up. well there IS a place called Penistone in Derbshire (also a village called Shitlington, forget where that is. Also a town called Twatt in Scotland - sorry i have degenerated your question into a double-entendre session. i'll get me coat...)
August / august is another one.
This page lists a few, though a lot of them are words which are also the surnames of people: http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words3.html
Here are a few more...Bow, a district in London and bow, the front of a ship...Slough, the town and slough (pronounced sluff) meaning a muddy hollow...Graves, a French wine and graves, meaning burial-places...Job (pronounced Joe-b), a book in the Bible and job, meaning one's work-activity.
Ah! A bit of synchrography there, Jen!

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