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Topic: If I said "I'm going to tear you up", what would you say?

Anonymous A started this discussion 13 years ago #25,100

It just crossed my mind that tear as in breaking something and tear as in what falls from your eyes are spelled the exact same but mean two different things. So, if I said "I'm going to tear you up", what would your response be?

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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 6 minutes later[^] [v] #384,199

I would think you're about to say something very sad.

Icarus !!fxtF/31b/ joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 11 minutes later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #384,201

> tear as in breaking something and tear as in what falls from your eyes are spelled the exact same but mean two different things.

It would depend how you pronounced it. Tear = tare as in rip - or Tear = tier as in cry.

Try the same thing with to, too and two etc.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 59 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #384,230

@previous (Icarus !!fxtF/31b/)

Not as in if I said it aloud, but as in if I typed it and you read it in your head. I understand that saying it aloud obviously tells which tear I would be talking about, while reading it does not tell you which tear I would be talking about. You'd have to guess which one, picking that I was going to tear you apart or break through some sad news.

squeegee joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 11 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #384,235

bring it, bitch.

Icarus !!fxtF/31b/ replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #384,236

> Topic: If I said "I'm going to tear you up", what would you say?

If I wrote "I'm going to tear you up", what would you think I meant.

As a Brit I would think you were going to rip me limb from limb

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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 12 hours later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #384,336

@384,235 (squeegee)

I'd tear you apart.

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