Hector bawled when he went bald. Sara threw a shoe through the window to shoo a rabbit from her garden. Pirates seize cargo on the high seas. Welcome to the wacky world of homophones. Homophones are two or three words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. They are a type of homonym. I have had fun over the years pointing out when writers have chosen the wrong word of such a pear pair in my occasional series Misused Pears. I no longer read the emails or visit the websites that provided the best howlers. And so, I haven’t come across enough new ones lately for another post. I know no better alternative than a quiz. Most of following prompts suggest a two-word answer, a pair of homophones. There’s one threefer.