Nit Wits #3: English Potatoes
The Eyes Have It by Chris Dunmire
The English language is full of many confusing words and categories thereof. Homophones, homonym's, synonyms, antonyms, and so on. The eyes of the potato reminded me of this frustrating truth for those who are new to the the language. It's a good thing potatoes know the difference!
Yes, Eye See...
 Word play is one of my favorite creative exercises,
and the English language by default creates lot of opportunities
to
do it. Consider homophones,
a phenomenon where you have similar sounding words,
spelled
differently,
and with different meanings. The example I used in Nit Wits
#3 was eye, aye, and I.
I chose the lowly potato as a platform
for my word play because, well you know... aging potatoes
grow "eyes." See my point? •
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