minute and minute

[mollykins]

are minute -60 seconds and minute - very small spelt the same or am i spelling the very small one wrong?

[stewey]

Yes, they are spelled the same way.

[Clanad]

... and a unique example of a Homophone.(more accurtely a Homonym)... pedantically stated...

[fredpuli47]

And , Clanad, there's minute, a note of something said or decided in a meeting, too.

[mollykins]

oh and minute as in a tiny part of a degree of latitude or longitude. but that 60 seconds and minutes from a meeting are pronounced the same minute as in very small isn't.

[jno]

as Clanad says, not really homophones, which technically means pronounced the same way. 60 seconds is a minnet, small is my newt. Minute steak is minnet, because it can be prepared quickly.

[whiskeryron]

Now you know why foreigners have such dificulty learning English. I recall a tale told to me some years ago about a person who was studying English & was quite proud of the progress he had made until one day he was walking past a theatre in London & he saw a poster on the wall which stated
''Oaklahoma pronounced success'' which floored him completely.

[vulcan]

this reminded me of when my two sons were young.
the eldest,trying to impress his brother described something as minute rather than small. his brother said" can I see your newt "?

[TCL-MUMPING]

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