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$\"homophonophobia\"$ <\/p>\n

Given that a blogger was actually fired from his job for writing about homophones<\/em><\/a>, it seemed appropriate not only to blog about it but also\u00a0to share the above cartoon.\u00a0It\u00a0predates the incident, and yet seems perfectly designed to poke fun at the ridiculousness and sad irony of someone being fired because of a homophone combined with their employers\u2019\u00a0lack of understanding of what homophones are.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"