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words whose pronunciation changes, depending on whether or not they are capitalized
Words 1 through 18 of 18
concord   has been listed 9 times with 1 comment
said   has been listed 7 times with 1 comment
begin   has been listed 9 times with 0 comments
lima   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
worms   has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
levy   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
ravel   has been listed 7 times with 1 comment
nice   has been listed 35 times with 8 comments
august   has been listed 46 times with 2 comments
mobile   has been listed 11 times with 6 comments
natal   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
rainier   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
tangier   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
job   has been listed 15 times with 0 comments
degas   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
millet   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
reading   has been listed 13 times with 0 comments
polish   has been listed 13 times with 2 comments
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about 1 year ago brianbackman said:

At Word Daze we celebrate Capitonym Day every August First. www.worddaze.blogspot.com

about 1 year ago trivet said:

I was gonna make one of these, but you did it already - with a bunch that I hadn't thought of. My two cents: herb, lima, concord. Not forgetting the poem:

In August, an august patriarch
Was reading an ad in Reading, Mass.
Long-suffering Job secured a job
To polish piles of Polish brass.

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