XPost: rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english   
   From: bebercito@aol.com   
      
   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?   
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   >> Offhand, are + a -> area, but there must be others.   
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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.   
      
      
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   >   
   > not in the original question... but   
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   >              Wig   becomes   Ewig   -- which is MUCH longer.   
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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)   
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   >>>                         "Short"  becomes  "Shorter"  (which is shorter)   
      
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