I realized something today that I never realized before.
Really.
The word "routine" is pronounced differently when it's used as an adjective than when it's used as a noun.
Behold...
"It's just a ROUtine investigation, ma'am."
"This job is so boring. It's the same rouTINE every day."
"Her figure skating career will never take off. She has such a ROUtine rouTINE."
And so, I began to wonder whether there were any other words like that.
Behold...
"There are a lot of interconnected parts in this group of buildings. It's a comPLEX COMplex."
"I'm satisfied with what's in this book. I'm conTENT with the CONtent."
"What a snob! There was no real emotion in that greeting at all. It was a HOLlow holLOW."
1 comment:
my mind is blown!
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