“He told a tall tail.”
Confusables Entry 430 / 1011 60-second read
Tail vs. Tale
An animal’s appendage versus a story.
The comparisoni
“He told a tall tale.”
The ruleii
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TAIL = appendage. TALE = story.
TAIL (AI) is what wags. TALE (AL+E) is a story — tall tale, fairy tale.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
A tall TALE is told. A TAIL you can pull."