From:  bebercito@aol.com (Bebercito)
Date:  25 Sep 2024 13:12:52 Hong Kong Time
Newsgroup:  news.alt119.net/sci.lang
Subject:  

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

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On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 3:33:35 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

> On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 3:21:45 +0000, Bebercito wrote:
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>> On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 0:55:23 +0000, HenHanna wrote:
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>>> On 9/12/2024 7:31 PM, HenHanna wrote:
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>>>> 1. What 1-syllable word becomes a 3-syllable word by adding one letter?
>>
>> Offhand, are + a -> area, but there must be others.
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>
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>     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.


>
>
> not in the original question... but
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>              Wig   becomes   Ewig   -- which is MUCH longer.
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>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2. What word, when you add a letter to it, becomes shorter?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 3. What word, when you add a syllable to it, becomes shorter?
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>>>>
>>>> There must be 10 good answers to each.
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>>>>
>>>>         Better than this:   --  Jet  becomes  Midget  (which is shorter)
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                         [Misl]  becomes  [Misl]-Toe  (which is shorter)
>>>
>>>                         "Short"  becomes  "Shorter"  (which is shorter)