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   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   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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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)