Did I misspell skis? Yes, but I’d argue that my misspelling still works because 1. You will still pronounce “skies” as “skis” when reading it in this context, despite the fact that it’s a misspelling, which emphasizes my point, and 2. skied/skied could’ve also worked in that example, demonstrating that same type of heteronym does exist elsewhere in English. I would like to pretend that the mispelling was intentional to emphasize that your brain will base pronunciation not from spelling, but from context. Either way I didn’t want to refilm.
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