Showing posts with label earn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label earn. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

earn, urn, erne

Earn or earn means to obtain through work or service, as salary or wages--
She wants to earn more than the minimum wage.
If you finish school, you will earn more money.
How much interest will my bank deposit earn?

Urn or urn ( rhymes with earn ) means  sort of jar or vase, often used to hold the ashes of someone who has been cremated--
The urn on the table holds the ashes of my late uncle.
His favorite poem was "Ode on a Grecian Urn".

Erne or erne ( also spelled ern, rhymes with earn ) means a sea eagle--a kind of bird--
They climbed over  the rocks to the cliff, hoping to see an erne.
He sat watching the erne flying over the ocean.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"When I earn enough money, I will buy the antique urn with an erne in flight painted on it."

Note--the money we earn, or that our money in the bank earns,  is called "earnings"--
His earnings for the year added up to a large sum.