XPost: rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english   
   From: occam@nowhere.nix   
      
   On 26/09/2024 15:04, occam wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >>   
   >> .   
   >   
   > 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, ide(a)s   
   > e-   
   > i- example:  (i)deal, s(i)mile   
     o- example:  came(o), rode(o), pale(o), ore(o)   
   > u- example:  b(u)oy (AmE pronunciation)  (NOT)   
     y- example:  tear(y), dear(y)   
      
   >   
      
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