Quote: stekkos - 2011.06.29. 17:01:26
rain, reign, rein are the only homonyms by any rule so it is not ambiguous. If there is still objection about them being actual homonyms please specify about that. By what you said they can be accepted.
"In linguistics, a homonym is, in the strict sense, one of a group of words that share the same spelling
and the same pronunciation but have different meanings." (emphasis mine)
According to this rain, reign, rein are
not honomyms. But maybe it is ok with quiz questions that are
almost correct now?
According to this
fluke is a homonym, since it can mean
* A fish, and a flatworm.
* The end parts of an anchor.
* The fins on a whale's tail.
* A stroke of luck.