English is such a crazy language! I’m glad I don’t have to learn it as a foreigner! We have many words with more than one pronunciation (homographs), and many words that sound alike but are spelled differently (homophones). Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week plays on the theme of red: a pair of homophones RED – READ; a pair of homographs READ (present tense) and READ (past tense); and another homophone pairing: READ and REED. So here are my REDS, READS and REEDS.
RED: (adjective) a bright primary color
READ: (verb) past tense of read: I read an entire book yesterday. But I have not read any of the books in the two photos below, which are written in other languages.
READ: (verb) present tense. I like to read every day.
REED: (noun) any of several species of large aquatic grasses, such as those pictured below.
Wanderlust & Wonderment 
English is a very confusing language, indeed! Fun post.
Do you remember I Love Lucy? There’s a scene where Desi is trying to read a book in English but has trouble with the word through. Lucy corrects him, so he uses that same sound when he gets to ‘though’, saying ‘thew’! It goes on with several different examples of words ending in ough. So funny!
I love the I Love Lucy show! I am trying to remember the episode you are describing because it sounds hilarious. I’ll have to look it up.
Great selection of photos
These are good choices, that book is different
I like the book you are sitting on. My husband and I were just talking about going to St. Petersburg to see the Hermitage when travel is allowed again, if ever. I liked all of the pictures.
St. Petersburg is very interesting – a different flavor from other European cities we visited. I have my eye on a Viking cruise from St. Petersburg to Moscow! I think it would be fascinating! If you do go to Russia, go with a tour group, not independently. The Hermitage is so vast you can never see all of it. We only got to see some of the highlights, but there’s so much more there!
Wonderful photos for this week. Thanks 😀