# Replace one word in a title with a homonym **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196 "2012-06-15T02:15:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/61 "2012-06-16T01:51:55Z")
**Tick Talk** – In this music video, Ke$ha demonstrates how to deal with these parasites by drowning them in a bottle of Jack. [nitpick] The actual title was “TiK ToK,” so you could argue that both words are homophones. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/62 "2012-06-16T02:13:09Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > **Citizen Caine** - The journey of a Shaolin monk through the heartland of America. Armed with the spiritual training and martial arts skills endowed to him by a Shaolin monastery, Kwai Chang Caine travels America fighting prejudice, injustice, and Homeland Security agents in his quest to obtain US citizenship. If I were a studio exec, I would totally green light this movie. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/63 "2012-06-16T02:28:30Z")
The Silence of the Lams: Criminals plan their prison escape, relying upon shoes made from their pillows to foil the guards. ---
**Author:** ![Syme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Syme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syme)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/64 "2012-06-16T10:05:46Z")
\*\*Guerillas in the Mist: \*\* Anthropologist Dian Fossey travels to the mountains of Colombia, where she finds and befriends a colony of FARC guerillas on the brink of extinction. She defends them from the combined forces of the Colombian Army, and DEA agents but is murdered in the process. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/65 "2012-06-16T16:48:44Z")
Steal Magnolias- documentary about flower thieves ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/66 "2012-06-16T20:02:36Z")
Dawn of the Dead-- Tony Orlando’s zombie backup singers rampage through Las Vegas searching for brains. Famous for the cheesy crowd pleaser “Tie Your Small Intestine Round the Old Oak Tree.” ---
**Author:** ![Syme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Syme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syme)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/67 "2012-06-17T05:45:49Z")
**The Hoarse Whisperer:** A terrible hardly known unauthorised sequel to the Godfather franchise. In brief, a very old Vito Corleone, while sucking on an orange, whispers “show some respect” into the ears of fellow Italian olive oil importers, who subsequently one by end up planted at the bottom of the Hudson river. ---
**Author:** ![Syme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Syme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syme)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/68 "2012-06-17T06:44:20Z")
\*\*The Hoarse Whisperer: \*\*A terrible hardly known unauthorised sequel to the Godfather franchise. In brief, a very old Vito Corleone, while sucking on an orange, whispers “show some respect” into the ears of fellow Italian olive oil importers, who subsequently end up one by one planted at the bottom of the Hudson river. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/69 "2012-06-17T15:01:31Z")
**A Knight’s Tail** - A handsome young knight from Cheap Side suddenly finds he has grown a tail and must deal with the ridicule and heartache when his lady leaves him in disgust. Lovely lady blacksmith helps to design armor for the new tail and heals his broken heart. ---
**Author:** ![Veneriable\_Slacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/838e76/32.png) [@Veneriable\_Slacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Veneriable_Slacks)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/70 "2012-06-17T16:09:56Z")
North by Northwest - Georgia rednecks fly from Atlanta to NYC via Northwest Airlines. Having to eat yogurt, they get culture shock. For those unclear, this is a hononym, not per the directions. Another hononym example “High Noon” - Sheriff (Gregory Peck) starts boozin’ it up before lunch every day. Homophone example “Hi, Knoon” - Sheriff (Gregory Peck) visits his favorite Korean working girl each afternoon starting at 12 o’clock high. Did I get this homophone vs hononym right or did I fuck it up? Now I’m confused. HayZeus KayRiced. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/71 "2012-06-17T16:42:22Z")
\*\*Hello Dali \*\*- Walter Matthau and Salvador Dali team up in this lighthearted musical that examines human perception and the sometimes blurry line between reality and dreams. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/72 "2012-06-17T21:52:37Z")
**Juan Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest** - migrant laborer makes daring escape from 1950’s insane asylum. **Momento** - amnestic Italian tries to remember the future. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/73 "2012-06-17T22:34:29Z")
**Replace Won Word in a Title With a Homonym** Fred Replace, a salesman for a boating supply company, is named the **Top Sails Man of the Year**. His prize is a copy of a popular Microsoft application. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/74 "2012-06-17T23:12:19Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > Fred Replace, a salesman for a boating supply company, is named the **Top Sails Man of the Year**. His prize is a copy of a popular Microsoft application. I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/75 "2012-06-17T23:48:24Z")
The King’s Peach - Colin Firth gets a sex change. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196.md?page=3)