‘eye’ of the beholder

i ‘recently’ learned about eye rhymes: words that have ‘parts’ that are similarly spelled, but pronounced differently. for example: tough and thought.

English is ‘technically’ my second language being Filipino. although there are ‘a lot’ of exceptions and the language can be ‘tricky’ to learn – it helped we spoke it at home as that was the common language as my parents spoke different dialects and the educational medium is English in the Philippines given the American ‘influence’…

lll

for LLL, there seem to be a ‘plethora’ of acronyms – IMHO, having ‘too many without a dominant’ one can cause confusion..

iiitbiiutm

IIITBIIUTM is an acronym for “If it is to be, it is up to me.’

iii

III has multiple uses but ‘generally indicates the number three…

spat(s)

just played connections and just found out another meaning of spat. it is also short for spatterdash/spatterguard referring to a footwear accessory – it was for the category of “accessories for Mr. Peanut.”

ggg

in searching yesterday, GGG (not sure if it is still used) is a usenet/email shortcut for giggle.

bbbeat

BBBeat is apparently an ‘educational game’ for the visually impaired used to ‘train’ them on ‘locating sound sources.’

aaaaaa

when i was searching for ‘aaa-‘ words, i ‘stumbled’ upon a ‘funny and self-contradictory’ initialism: “AAAAAA” it stands for Association for the Abolition of Abused Abbreviations and Asinine Acronyms.

practice: words – ‘z’ (part b – help)

like the last two days, wasn’t surprised i had trouble with ‘z-‘ words…

practice: words – ‘z’

while doing this ‘exercise’, i was reminded of the word zarf. while it originally was used to refer to an envelope, it is ‘more’ used now to refer to a ‘sleeve to insulate’ hot beverages like coffee.