Why do so many homophones have two pronunciations?

Monday, October 19, 2009 - 11:21 in Biology & Nature

An interest in puns has led me to start reading the literature on homophones. Interestingly, in appears that in the scientific literature "homophone" and "homograph" mean the same thing, which explains why there are so many papers about mispronouncing homophones.

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