18 Disasters Caused by Misheard Homophones

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Hom-o-phone n.: a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not. We asked you to show what would've happened if some people would've rolled with their first impression instead of wisely following up a suggestion with, "I'm sorry, what?" The winner is below, but first the runners-up ...

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