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Which fruit is a homophone of "pair"?
Answer: Pear
Why: The fruit pear shares its exact sound not just with pair, but also with the trimming verb pare.
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What are words with the same sound and spelling called?
Answer: Homonyms
Why: True homonyms overlap entirely in sound and spelling, like a river bank versus a money bank.
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What invention froze English spellings before vowels merged?
Answer: Printing press
Why: William Caxton established England's first press in 1476, fixing spelling before major sound shifts finished.
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Which woodland animal is a homophone of "dear"?
Answer: Deer
Why: The word deer once referred to any wild four-legged animal before narrowing down over centuries.
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What historical shift made 'meet' and 'meat' homophones?
Answer: Great Vowel Shift
Why: Before the shift, 'meet' and 'meat' had distinct long vowel sounds that later converged into one.
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Losing which feature created many Sino-Japanese homophones?
Answer: Tones
Why: Because Japanese uses pitch accent rather than tones, distinct Chinese tone patterns collapsed into identical sounds.
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