Wordplay Giveaway

Words, words, words...

Beware of heard, a dreadful word,
That looks like beard and sounds like bird,
And dead: it's said like bed, not bead,
For Goodness' sake, don't call it deed!
Watch out for meat and great and threat,
They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.
Anonymous

(I found this poem in a book called The English Language by David Crystal.)

Do you ever play with words? Here's a contest that just takes a couple of them. Tell me two words that should rhyme and don't, or two words that do rhyme and shouldn't.

Leave your comment on this post by Monday at midnight, and I'll announce two random winners on Tuesday. The winners will each get a book (with more words to play with!)

Giveaway Details:

I have a whole bookshelf of books that have served their purpose, and need a new home. Once a week I'll have a little contest that matches the category of the book you could win. If you enter (by leaving a comment) I'll put your name in a hat, and if you're lucky, you'll get a book!