| The word "fly" is a homograph. | | | | droning pitches of incessant buzzing. The |
| Homographs are words that are spelled the | | | | flight of the flies usually takes place on a |
| same but have different meanings and | | | | hot summer night around 2 a.m. waking me from |
| different origins. For example, there is the | | | | a sound sleep. At that point, I am usually up |
| fly on your pants, referred to as a zipper, | | | | looking for the fly swatter (no, I'm not |
| and that pesky winged insect that makes | | | | going to swat zippers) so that I can squash |
| annoying buzzing sounds.Why is it that the | | | | that intolerable noise. It turns out, this |
| only time I forget to zip up my pants is when | | | | summer, I didn't need a fly swatter after |
| I'm trying to impress a potential client? It | | | | all. When a fly landed on me, it bit me. The |
| always happens when I'm rushed for time and | | | | poor thing dropped over dead on the floor. It |
| is only noticed when I see people staring at | | | | must have been that jalapeno pepper I had |
| the area below my waist where polite people | | | | with dinner.Have fun with words. Just |
| don't usually stare. When I look down to see | | | | remember, keep your fly zipped, and learn to |
| what people are looking at, I notice part of | | | | enjoy jalapeno peppers because I've |
| my shirttail poking out the front of my | | | | discovered that they kill the other |
| slacks. Usually clients have a sense of humor | | | | kind...flies that is.Copyright © 2005 by |
| and laugh more at the color of my face (which | | | | Pamela Beers. All rights reserved.Pamela |
| by now is crimson from embarrassment) than at | | | | Beers is a freelance writer, and educator who |
| the unzipped fly.The other fly is that pesky | | | | is a platinum ezine article expert. You may |
| winged critter that makes annoying whirring, | | | | visit her website at for writing and |
| humming sounds until it lands. I like the | | | | marketing tips. |
| ones that are musical with their varying | | | | |