a "bat" (baseball) http://www.baseball-bats.net/images/rawlings-wood-bat.bmp and a "bat" (animal) http://www.bat.ru/image/bat.gif .........................dont look anything alike but have the same names !!!!!!!!!!
2007-05-11 14:08:03 · 15 answers · asked by happy 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Because it doesn't imply the animal.
Main Entry: 1bat
Pronunciation: 'bat
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English batt
1 : a stout solid stick : CLUB
2 : a sharp blow : STROKE
3 a : a usually wooden implement used for hitting the ball in various games b : a paddle used in various games (as table tennis) c : the short whip used by a jockey
2007-05-11 14:18:11 · answer #1 · answered by brattiness73 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baseball bats are short for baton, a short stick.
The animal bat has a different entymology, possibly Hebrew. for daughter.
2007-05-11 21:16:26 · answer #2 · answered by Crash 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that was the name gods trying to make a distinct connection between barry bonds and ozzy osborne.
(if u dont get it at first think about it)
2007-05-11 21:11:40 · answer #3 · answered by krs14 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is you also spelled ewe, pronounced the same, different meanings. You can go on forever with this.
2007-05-11 21:12:00 · answer #4 · answered by luckford2004 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi i like nacos
2007-05-11 21:11:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the are two different things...I have a friend named Denise and my name is Denise and we dont look anything alike...........Thats just how it is.....
2007-05-11 21:12:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
becuaSE they were running out of letters so they used the same kind
2007-05-11 21:10:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is it that you don't look like one of the seven dwarves?
2007-05-11 21:10:43 · answer #8 · answered by jack jagger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just the way the letters ROLL.....
2007-05-11 21:15:04 · answer #9 · answered by Momma2_3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
homonym...its called a homonym...words that have the same spelling..yet different meanings
:D...i think
2007-05-11 21:10:55 · answer #10 · answered by BrownieMonster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋