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SunshyneMonroe
10-03-2010, 05:40 AM
ok guys i know this is a dumb question but is LIVE a real word as is..... we are on the air live......not like i live down the road from the mall... i know its spelled the same way but me and my mom have been fightin about it for an hour thanks:)
gooch
10-03-2010, 05:42 AM
Bored tonight?
SunshyneMonroe
10-03-2010, 05:44 AM
Bored tonight?

no not really i even googeled it and could not find ne thing lol
kyoJecours
10-03-2010, 05:45 AM
lol yeah it's a word in both the ways you used it... but they pronounced differently.
SunshyneMonroe
10-03-2010, 05:46 AM
she is sayin that live as in live on tv is just slang
Silcc69
10-03-2010, 05:48 AM
LOL live on tv
kyoJecours
10-03-2010, 05:49 AM
nah it's not slang.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/live
Gthoma2a
10-03-2010, 05:51 AM
It is a word. It works both ways. It may have originated as slang many many (like centuries) years ago, but that would be like the incorporation of most words into a language.
SunshyneMonroe
10-03-2010, 05:57 AM
nah it's not slang.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/live

thanks its funny cuz on ask.com alot of ppl didnt know either lol....but i was right nevertheless
scroller
10-03-2010, 05:59 AM
So no dictionary, eh.
kyoJecours
10-03-2010, 06:30 AM
put it this way...

'i wanna FUCK you in your fat ass'

'your ass is fat as FUCK'

same word different meanings :)
SmithXXX
10-03-2010, 06:51 AM
It's a homophone. Same spelling different meaning. Sunshyne you gave 2 good examples. Here are a couple more:

I read books (pronounced - reed)
or
I've read books (pronounced - red)

Here I found this on Dictionary.com

hom·o·nym


–noun 1. homophone (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/homophone) ( def. 1 ) .

2. a word the same as another in sound and spelling but different in meaning, as chase “to pursue” and chase “to ornament metal.”

3. (loosely) homograph (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/homograph).

4. a namesake.

5. Biology . a name (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/name) given to a species or genus that has been assigned to a different species or genus and that is therefore rejected.
kukm4
10-03-2010, 07:37 AM
http://www.forvo.com/word/live/

Press the blue PLAY icon on 1st one -Pronunciation by anakat (http://www.forvo.com/user/anakat/)
you will hear how each one is pronounced
scroller
10-03-2010, 09:09 AM
It's a homophone.

No, it's not (neither is read/read). Homophone literally means "same sound" and these don't qualify (also, importantly, they should be different word origin).