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Beware the [[homophone]]s '''son''' and '''sun''' (both rhyme with 'one' and 'won', {{IPA|sʌn}}).
*A '''s<big>o</big>n''' is a male child.
*The '''s<big>u</big>n''' is the star at the centre of the solar system, the heavenly body that appears to shine during our days.
::The two homophones have produced many [[pun]]s in writing, perhaps most famously in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''Richard III'' where the [[eponym]]ous [[hero]], still only the Duke of Gloucester, says:
::::Now is the winter of our discontent
::::Made glorious summer by this '''sun''' of York
where the [[image]] of the [political] climate and seasons is underlined by the mention of the '''sun''' - which was the badge adopted by [[King Edward#Edward IV|Edward IV]], the then [[Yorkist]] king, who happened to be the son and heir of Richard Duke of '''York''' (1411-1460) - as well as the elder brother of the jealous Duke of Gloucester.
::In Christian religion, '''The Son''' is the second Person of the Trinity, or God (who is explained as three facets of the one Being). The Son is Jesus Christ, who is said to have been "conceived of the [[Holy Ghost]]", and who prayed to his '''Father''', i.e. God the Father.
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