1. Welcome to English Same Spelling, but Different Pronunciation
through, rough, dough, plough, hiccough and trough
Different Words, but Same Meaning
1950s (“hot”)
1960s (“groovy”)
1970s (“cool”)
1980s (“bad”)
1990s (“the bomb”)
Early 2000s (“phat”)
Late 2000s (“sweet”)
Same Words, but Different (Opposite!) Meaning
Cancelled Check (US)
Cleared (and paid) just fine
Cancelled Check (Great Britain)
Voided (and not paid) for some reason

2. Spelling – “Nosie/Noise”

3. Spelling – “Desert”

4. Spelling – “Dessert”

5. Punctuation – side-by-side
SFV store
LA store
Punctuation – side-by-side

6. Semantics – Hair cuts

7. Semantics-unintended Dbl. En.