why are there so many words  that sound the same,, and mean the same????
90833
who knows... because other people made them that way.
408005
They both mean the same thing but the second is more common.
1110382
everywhere!  i <3 using <3's!!  but if you overuse it, it loses its meaning- like when you use "love" too much, it loses its meaning
210215
As I understand it, they are the same thing, just different spellings.
672947
Each word,though similar in meaning is used in relation with the appropriate context.'I promise to marry him',I pledge my devotion,I Vow never to marry ,Take this as a word of honour.All have different context and the words u've listed cant be replaced with one another,though vaguely the above words mean the same.The effectivity is lost when the synonyms are incorrectly placed.Each word has its strength when rightly used.
332535
Consider the source...the people that mis use this term, are followers...they have heard it wrong and used it wrong without knowing any better.  Those of us that are aware of the proper usage tend to lapse in respect for the speakers.  Regardless, I couldn't care less how they say it because I know the way it is meant, and enjoy correcting most!
602756
I think it's because when babies start "talking", the sounds are similar to the ones you listed.  My baby started saying mama eventhough I know she was too young to know it meant mother.  Babies don't have a language yet and they have their own sounds.  I would guess babies of all cultures sound alike.  Some mother (in her own country) long ago must have heard her baby crying and just used the sound it made to mean mother.
498565
huhn?? please repeat in a format that can be understood..
592642
5000000000 im believe.. there's quite a lot becuz there are many same words that sound and write the same but meanining is different.
1006539
Just say it. Theres no point in trying to mix up the words. Just let them out!
904397
A homophone is a word that sounds the same, but is spelled differently, so it would be 'principal'
387421
I don't really understand your question either.  I think you are asking why these names are pronounced the same way as Spanish.  I think they aren't pronounced the same way, but you may not be able to hear the difference.  This is quite frequent for learners of English.  An example is that many of my students can't tell the difference between "live" and "leave".  These words sound very different to native speakers of English but don't sound different to many learners of English.
261168
I wonder that too, it's weird.  I suppose it's natural to come up with names for things you see as language develops- then everyone in your region calls it the same thing. (Hence the different dialects & languages.)  Then I wonder who got to name them- the leader of a group of people?  The first to talk about it?  Very interesting.  \n\nSome words make sense, like snake or wolf because that is how the animal sounds. \n\nI recommend calling things by totally different names that make sense to you, then insist that other people are crazy.  (Reminds me of an old Twilight Zone episode where all the words for everything slowly changed for a man.  It ended with him paging through a children's word book in confusion, with things like the word "dinosaur" pictured with a ball.)
691534
Great question!  It makes absolutely no sense!  Please rephrase it!  Using words actually found in English!  Thanks!
262098
It sounds like the same beat because it is the same beat. It was sampled. The lack of originality in hip-hop over the last 10-15 years is just appalling.
264873
Each of the spelling words in his list have a certain type of pattern. For example, if they are studying the "ow" sound, you will see words like:\n                              plow\n                              cow\n                              bough\n                              \nOther patterns may be the combined patterns like:\n                              play (pl)\n                              clay (cl)\n                              trap (tr)\n                              flick (fl & ck)\nJust see what all the words have in common. Hope this helped. Good luck.
1042457
Orpah is right.  \n\nNo word in itself is bad... it's just the associations we make with it.  You can have a word that sounds the same in different languages and has a different meaning in each language.  So it's not the word that's intrinsically bad, it's what we make it mean.