Thursday Thirteen #3: 13 Capitonyms

My “adult life” began at age 16 with an unplanned wedding due to an unplanned pregnancy. Thus, I became a high school drop out and my dreams of college was placed on the back burner (actually they were not on the stove at all!). Twenty-two years and a divorce later, after raising two children, with one graduated from college and the other in the Navy, I finally was able to realize my dream. I absolutely loved college, despite despising being referred to as a “non-traditional student,” translated to mean being well past the average student age. I have often said since graduating from Kent State University (Summa Cum Laude, I must brag! lol), that college studies made sense to me, at least much more sense than they did to my 18-28 year old classmates. I believe this was due to having real life experiences to relate what was being presented, which really came in handy in history and social studies. I truly enjoyed my literature classes and learned to appreciate the idiocrasies of our English language. One of these are the capitonyms – words that take on a different meaning when they are capitalized. I hope you enjoy this list.

Thirteen Things about Cricket’s Hearth 13 Capitonyms 1. job – an occupation   vs   Job – a Biblical name 2. pound – a unit of weight   vs   Pound – monitary unit in the UK 3. yen – a desire   vs   Yen- a monitary unit in Japan 4. crow – a black bird   vs   Crow – an Indian tribe 5. china – a set of dishes   vs   China – a country 6. major – an important or main item   vs   Major – a rank in the Army 7. chili – a hot spice or soup   vs   Chili – a country 8. frank – an open opinion   vs   Frank – a male name 9. polish – to shine or make shiny   vs   Polish – a decendant of Poland 10. bob – a short haircut, or up & down motion   vs   Bob – a male name 11. pat – a light tap   vs   Pat – a male or female name 12. chow – slang for food   vs   Chow – a type of dog 13. august – grand, majestic   vs   August – one of the 12 months              (which also happens to be the month I was born) Check out these great Thursday Thirteeners too! 1. Adelle Laudan 2. Sandy Carlson 3. shesawriter 4. melanie 5. susiej 6. Comedy Plus 7. On a Limb with Claudia 8. Morgan 9. Lori 10. The Gal Herself 11. SJ Reidhead 12. pjazzpar 13. Journeywoman 14. Lilibeth 15. Kristi 16. Nicholas 17. Gattina 18. pussreboots 19. marcia v 20. melli 21. Penelope Anne 22. Ellen 23. Natalie 24. Chelle Y 25. Gandalf & Grayson 26. Laura 27. Maggie 28 Lazy Daisy

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