In a moment of closeness, she whispered, "I love you dearly!"
Now, he was an avid hunter and he heard, "I love you deerly!"
In order to continue the romance, he said, "And I love you bearly!"
But, alas, she heard, "I love you barely!"
Here, we must paws...
And that's why there are so many hominins.
In love, often better to think carefully about which words to use.