XPost: rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   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?   
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   > 2. What word, when you add a letter to it, becomes shorter?   
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   > 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)   
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                           [Misl]  becomes  [Misl]-Toe  (which is shorter)   
      
                           "Short"  becomes  "Shorter"  (which is shorter)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)