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A.Word.A.Day--capitonym capitonym (KAP-i-toh-NIM) noun A word that changes pronunciation and meaning when it is capitalized. Job's Job In August, an august patriarch Was reading an ad in Reading, Mass. Long-suffering Job secured a job To polish piles of Polish brass. Herb's Herbs An herb store owner, name of Herb, Moved to a rainier Mount Rainier. It would have been so nice in Nice, And even tangier in Tangier. This week's theme: Naming the nyms, by Richard Lederer. X-Bonus War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. -Ambrose Bierce, writer (1842-1914)

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