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  • What 1-syllable word becomes a 3-syllable word by adding one letter?

    From HenHanna@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 12 19:31:26 2024
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    1. What 1-syllable word becomes a 3-syllable word by adding one letter?


    2. What word, when you add a letter to it, becomes shorter?


    3. What word, when you add a syllable to it, becomes shorter?


    There must be 10 good answers to each.


    Better than this: -- Jet becomes Midget (which is shorter)

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  • From HenHanna@21:1/5 to HenHanna on Fri Sep 13 17:55:23 2024
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    On 9/12/2024 7:31 PM, HenHanna wrote:

    1. What 1-syllable word becomes a 3-syllable word by adding one letter?


    2. What word, when you add a letter to it, becomes shorter?


    3. What word, when you add a syllable to it, becomes shorter?


    There must be 10 good answers to each.


           Better than this:   --  Jet  becomes  Midget  (which is shorter)



    [Misl] becomes [Misl]-Toe (which is shorter)

    "Short" becomes "Shorter" (which is shorter)

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  • From lar3ryca@21:1/5 to Bebercito on Tue Sep 24 23:33:48 2024
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    On 2024-09-24 23:12, Bebercito wrote:
    On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 3:33:35 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

    On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 3:21:45 +0000, Bebercito wrote:

    On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 0:55:23 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

    On 9/12/2024 7:31 PM, HenHanna wrote:

    1. What 1-syllable word becomes a 3-syllable word by adding one
    letter?

    Offhand, are + a -> area, but there must be others.



        the question is...   5 others,

    Here's another four then:

    pare + o -> pareo
    rode + o -> rodeo
    Rome + o -> Romeo
    rone + o -> roneo


    or  more like  200 others?

    I'll let you name the other 195.

    I came here to appear as a cameo.

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  • From occam@21:1/5 to Bebercito on Thu Sep 26 15:04:58 2024
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    On 25/09/2024 21:06, Bebercito wrote:
    On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 5:33:48 +0000, lar3ryca wrote:

    On 2024-09-24 23:12, Bebercito wrote:
    On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 3:33:35 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

    On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 3:21:45 +0000, Bebercito wrote:

    On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 0:55:23 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

    On 9/12/2024 7:31 PM, HenHanna wrote:

    1. What 1-syllable word becomes a 3-syllable word by adding one
    letter?

    Offhand, are + a -> area, but there must be others.



        the question is...   5 others,

    Here's another four then:

    pare + o -> pareo
    rode + o -> rodeo
    Rome + o -> Romeo
    rone + o -> roneo


    or  more like  200 others?

    I'll let you name the other 195.

    I came here to appear as a cameo.

    <s(i)mile>.

    Oh... I see a trend. The trigger to multi-syllability (urgh!) is the
    humble vowel.

    a- example: are(a), coal(a), (a)gave, (a)gape
    e-
    i- example: (i)deal, s(i)mile
    o- example: came(o), rode(o), pale(o)
    u- example: b(u)oy (AmE pronunciation)

    (OK, not that last one.)

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