{"id":4396,"date":"2014-09-28T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=4396"},"modified":"2014-09-23T23:25:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T03:25:29","slug":"english-letters-that-are-also-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/english-letters-that-are-also-words\/","title":{"rendered":"English letters that are also words"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I saw this sign (pictured above) while hiking recently and it got me thinking…do you have any idea what this sign might means?<\/div>\n
I will tell you at the end of this post, but first I have to introduce you to some unique words in English related to this sign.<\/div>\n
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As I am sure you know there are 26 letters in the English alphabet, but do you know how many of these letters also sound exactly like English words? A large number of the letters in the English alphabet make sounds that are exactly the same as one-syllable English words. For example, the letter ‘p’ sounds exactly the same as the word “pea”.<\/div>\n
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Before you read any further why don’t you recite the English alphabet out loud and as you do listen for any words that might sound familiar to you. When you are done take a look at the list of letter\/word pairs that I came up with. If you come up with any other letter\/word pairs that I missed be sure to post a comment so I can add them to the list!<\/div>\n
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A: ‘a’ the indefinite article<\/div>\n
B: ‘be’ the verb and ‘bee’ the insect<\/div>\n
C: ‘see’ the verb and ‘sea’ a large body of water<\/div>\n
D: ‘Dee’ a female name\/nickname<\/div>\n
G: ‘gee’ an exclamation of amazement, for example: “Gee, I never would have thought I’d see you here!”<\/div>\n
I: ‘I’ the first person singular pronoun<\/div>\n
J: ‘Jay’ a type of bird in the crow family<\/div>\n
K: ‘Kay’ a female name<\/div>\n
M: ‘Em’ the nickname for someone named Emily<\/div>\n
O: ‘owe’ a verb that means to have an obligation to pay back something that is borrowed and ‘oh’ an exclamation of interest or surprise<\/div>\n
P: ‘pee’ which means to urinate and ‘pea’ a small green vegetable<\/div>\n
Q: ‘queue’ a long line and ‘cue’ a stick used in the game of pool<\/div>\n
R: ‘are’ the second person singular present verb and the first, second, and third person plural present forms of the verb to be.<\/div>\n
T: ‘tea’ a hot drink and ‘tee’ a small piece of wood used to place a golf ball on in the game of golf<\/div>\n
U: ‘you’ the second person singular pronoun<\/div>\n
X: ‘ex’ a term used to refer to a former lover, for example: “I saw my ex yesterday at the store, but didn’t even say hi.”<\/div>\n
Y: ‘why’ a wh- question word<\/div>\n
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As you can see there are more than just a few letters in English that sound exactly like words in English, but what about the picture above that inspired this whole post, what dose it mean?<\/div>\n
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Well I gave you a small hint when I told you I saw it when I was out hiking. This is a trail marker in which someone tried to be funny by writing our the acronym for the name of the trail, not with letters, but with words that sound like letters. The acronym for this trail is the PCT<\/strong>, which stands for Pacific Crest Trail.<\/div>\n
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I saw this sign (pictured above) while hiking recently and it got me thinking…do you have any idea what this sign might means? I will tell you at the end of this post, but first I have to introduce you to some unique words in English related to this sign. As I am sure you…<\/p>\n

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