BecausesomanyEnglishwordssoundsimilar,misunderstandingsamongEnglish-speakingpeoplearenotuncommon.Notflyingtothewrongcontinent.Mostmisunderstandingsaremuchlessserious.EverydaypeoplespeakingEnglishaskoneanotherquestionslikethese:''Didyousayseventyorseventeen?""Didyousaythatyoucancomeorthatyoucan't?"Similar-soundingwordscanbeespeciallyconfusingforpeoplewhospeakEnglishasasecondlanguage.