26 Mar '04 15:37>
Originally posted by econundrumi was thinking of immanuel kant (1724-1804) for that one. of course, it isn't an exact match unless one says "can't" with the "ah" sound instead of short "a" (as the british do) but then the same goes for "kann" since that was how he said it.
As long as the name is realistic. Don't go making up names that sound like words, nor should you alter the way a name is pronounced in order to make it sound like a particular word (I have never heard of a "kant," but "kann" is certainly acceptable).
anyway, i'll work on something for this later.
unfortunately, i couldn't think of a good substitute for "wouldn't" so if i want to use that i would write it as "would not" (wood knot). naturally, though, "could" has no homophone that i know so i'd have to find a different way to use that, but then you allow verb forms anyway.
the number of homophones in english is astonishingly large!