Homonym Fun (Limerick)
I just stumbled onto the new-to-me word FRATER: the dining room or refectory of a monastery. (Yes, I should have known it from “fraternal,” but I didn’t.) And as soon as I realized it’s a homophone type homonym of FREIGHTER, I felt compelled to write a limerick:
Don’t confuse the word “freighter” with “frater.”
One transports you; the latter will cater
To cuisine-needs monastic.
(I doubt it takes plastic.)
I’ll postpone further lessons for later.
Tags: Homonym Poems, Homophones, Language Humor, Language Limerick
I think I’ll go down to the frater
To dine on cold meat and potata
As a monk I will pray
It’s not cabbage today
Of which I’m a most seasoned hater.