6III. Group of Homophones caused by loss of trilled R.6
165. That the South English dialect is a direct and chief cause of homophones.
7IV. The name of a species (of animals, plants, &c.) is often a homophone. Where there is only one alternative meaning, this causes so little inconvenience that the following names (being in that condition) have been excluded from List I.7
176. That the mischief is being propagated by phoneticians.
8V. The suffix er added to a root often makes homophones. The following are examples. (And see in List VI.)
187. On the claim that Southern English has to represent all British speech.
9VI. Words excluded from the main list for various reasons, their homophony being rightly questioned by many speakers.
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10VII. Homophones due only to an inflected form of a word. Comparatives of adjectives, &c.