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Elle, Chris - Soared and Sword sound not at all alike to me!

Soared sounds like Roared, Hoard, Bored
Sword sounds like Ward, Cord, Lord.

I think homophones are excellent - when they work for all English speakers, not just some.

hi malone
for me, all of those have pretty much the same vowel sound (except possibly ward). oh well!

Hello, Elle!
They are unsimilar to me!
I wondered for a while if it was "hybrid", but could not make it work.
I was not on The Times setter's wavelength.
Found it quite tricky,
This one, for instance, I cannot quite see.
"See the writer's enthusiasm (3)"
I have "vim".
See is V for Vatican.
But to me "the writer's" is "my", not "I'm"?
Does not look right to me?
I hope you and others may voice an opinion?
The Tay is not within reasonable walking distance for me.
But a few minutes drive away, to Riverside, and loads of parking, and then you can have a good walk along the river, past the rail bridge. Though I would not venture as far as the road bridge as I would get lost! They have been working on the bridge landfall area for years. Many new roads etc.

Try this, Malone......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9qfA5Vb01o
I hope it works!

Hi, Rusty!
It is good that you live near enough to reach the river in a few minutes drive.
I love walking by water! I should like to live by the sea! if not for all the year, then for a large part of it!
I should like to have two houses and spend a part of the year in each.... one here, and one on the coast. Suffolk would be good!
Regarding your clue.......I am with you there... I would take "the writer's" in that context to mean either "my" or "mine".
Certainly not "I'm".
Even if you disregarded the " 's ", and just considered "writer", that would be "me" not "I'm / I am ".
No, I cannot justify that answer?
Saturday tomorrow....... your favourite day!
Do you have any particular sporting event to watch?
I have the World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff.
Mo Farah will be competing.

Thanks, Elle, but I'll skip your link - I have an aversion to youtube and my computer is set to 'silent' mode permanently!

It was interesting to hear that some/many people find Sword and Soared to sound similar. I think it's unlikely that any Scottish people would agree!

I've just read on Google that they even give 'sawed' as an homophone of soared - now surely that cannot be? What happens to the 'r'.

I agree about "sawed" - not even close!

Hello, Elle!
I think the clue stinks.
The walk along the Tay is a good one.
Often you can see the seals and dolphins in the river.
They chase the salmon upstream.
Good views of Fife across the river, too.
I did not realise that Suffolk had a coastline.
You seem to have the best of both worlds in Bromley.
Easy access to the city, and not far from the Kent countryside.
I am going to watch the Cardiff race, too, and Mo.
Not sure what else is on.
There was a big bike race in Belgium today. E3 Harlebeke.
I was cheering Cancellara (this is his last year) but his bike broke and he lost a lot of time and used up a lot of energy getting back.
A Team Sky rider won.

HI, Rusty!
We have seen seals and dolphins in the sea when walking near Portland Bill in Dorset.
But it a rare occurrence for us.
How lovely for you that you can do this on a regular basis!
Yes, you do know that Suffolk has a coastline!
Remember that my husband and I, plus assorted members of the family, usually stay in Pakefield every November?
And I spend much of my time walking along the beach with the dog?
(This is where I met that guy with the metal detector - the chap who found a William IV gold coin in the sand.
The guy with whom I "didn't " go to the rock concert ???!!! )
Lowestoft beaches are beautiful - they won a Blue Flag award.
Yes, we have easy access to both town and country from Bromley - so in that sense are very fortunate.
But I should have liked to live a little further out had I the choice years back.
I wouldn't want a permanent move now though.....we have family living near by - and good friends and neighbours.
I hope that Mo will win tomorrow!