If two words sound alike, are they the same word?
A look at the move that turns SUN and SON into one thing.
The most common move in red-pill material is the pun.English SUN and SON sound similar.So the Son of God is said to be the sun.EARTH and HEART are the same letters rearranged.So the Earth is said to be a heart.
Trace the etymologies and the two words never meet.SUN comes from an old Germanic word for the daytime star, SON from a different word for a male child.Their similar sound is the result of each word changing on its own.Etymological dictionaries exist precisely to tell these apart.
There is a reason the move works.Every language has a great many words that sound alike.Whoever is hunting keeps the pairs that fit and drops the ones that do not.Looking only at the result, the fit always seems perfect.
Checking is easy.Look up each word separately in an etymological dictionary.Free online ones carry most of these entries.If they share a root, the dictionary says so.
This site sorts these moves into six kinds.Puns, number matching and shape matching are three of them.Once you know the moves, the joins show up in material you have never seen before.
| English word | Said to be the same as | Shared origin |
|---|---|---|
| SUN= | SON= | none |
| EARTH= | HEART= | none |
| CLAUSTRUM= | CLAUS (SANTA)= | none |
| TORUS= | TAURUS= | none |
Pairs that sound alike are common; pairs with a shared root are rare.
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