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What 1-syllable word becomes a 3-syllable word by adding one letter?
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HenHanna
2024-09-13 02:31:26 UTC
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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)
HenHanna
2024-09-14 00:55:23 UTC
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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)
[Misl] becomes [Misl]-Toe (which is shorter)

"Short" becomes "Shorter" (which is shorter)
HenHanna
2024-09-14 03:33:38 UTC
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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.
the question is... 5 others, or more like 200 others?


not in the original question... but

Wig becomes Ewig -- which is MUCH longer.
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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?
There must be 10 good answers to each.
       Better than this:   --  Jet  becomes  Midget  (which is shorter)
[Misl] becomes [Misl]-Toe (which is shorter)
"Short" becomes "Shorter" (which is shorter)
Bebercito
2024-09-25 05:12:52 UTC
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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.
the question is... 5 others,
Here's another four then:

pare + o -> pareo
rode + o -> rodeo
Rome + o -> Romeo
rone + o -> roneo
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or more like 200 others?
I'll let you name the other 195.
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not in the original question... but
Wig becomes Ewig -- which is MUCH longer.
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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?
There must be 10 good answers to each.
       Better than this:   --  Jet  becomes  Midget  (which is shorter)
[Misl] becomes [Misl]-Toe (which is shorter)
"Short" becomes "Shorter" (which is shorter)
lar3ryca
2024-09-25 05:33:48 UTC
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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.
    the question is...   5 others,
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.
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Bebercito
2024-09-25 19:06:46 UTC
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Post by HenHanna
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,
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.
<s(i)mile>.
HenHanna
2024-09-25 19:50:39 UTC
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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.
    the question is...   5 others,
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.
<s(i)mile>.
there might be dozens more, but prob. not 200


Lien is a new pattern.
occam
2024-09-26 13:04:58 UTC
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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.
    the question is...   5 others,
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.
<s(i)mile>.
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
e-
i- example: (i)deal, s(i)mile
o- example: came(o), rode(o), pale(o)
u- example: b(u)oy (AmE pronunciation)

(OK, not that last one.)
occam
2024-09-28 08:21:32 UTC
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Post by HenHanna
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,
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.
<s(i)mile>.
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
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e-
i- example: (i)deal, s(i)mile
o- example: came(o), rode(o), pale(o), ore(o)
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u- example: b(u)oy (AmE pronunciation) (NOT)
y- example: tear(y), dear(y)
jerryfriedman
2024-09-28 14:15:57 UTC
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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.
    the question is...   5 others,
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.
<s(i)mile>.
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
e-
i- example: (i)deal, s(i)mile
o- example: came(o), rode(o), pale(o)
u- example: b(u)oy (AmE pronunciation)
(OK, not that last one.)
Not "ideal" either, as it's only one syllable longer
than "deal". The same is true of "teary" and "deary".

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Jerry Friedman
Ross Clark
2024-09-28 20:44:46 UTC
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Post by HenHanna
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,
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.
<s(i)mile>.
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
e-
i- example:  (i)deal, s(i)mile
o- example:  came(o), rode(o), pale(o)
u- example:  b(u)oy (AmE pronunciation)
(OK, not that last one.)
Not "ideal" either, as it's only one syllable longer
than "deal".  The same is true of "teary" and "deary".
--
Jerry Friedman
I'd accept "ideal", which for me has three syllables.
But (since we're talking about written words here) "coala" is not a
word. The marsupial requires a k-.
jerryfriedman
2024-09-28 21:03:01 UTC
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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.
    the question is...   5 others,
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.
<s(i)mile>.
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
e-
i- example:  (i)deal, s(i)mile
o- example:  came(o), rode(o), pale(o)
u- example:  b(u)oy (AmE pronunciation)
(OK, not that last one.)
Not "ideal" either, as it's only one syllable longer
than "deal".  The same is true of "teary" and "deary".
--
Jerry Friedman
I'd accept "ideal", which for me has three syllables.
For me too, but "deal" has two.
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But (since we're talking about written words here) "coala" is not a
word. The marsupial requires a k-.
M-W lists "coala" as a variant spelling. I don't think I've
ever seen it in the wild.

Two more: mime(o) (a relative of "roneo") and pale(o).

I just found out that "rone" is Scottish for brushwood/
thicket or a rain spout/pipe.

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Jerry Friedman
occam
2024-09-30 07:11:43 UTC
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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.
    the question is...   5 others,
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.
<s(i)mile>.
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
e-
i- example:  (i)deal, s(i)mile
o- example:  came(o), rode(o), pale(o)
u- example:  b(u)oy (AmE pronunciation)
(OK, not that last one.)
Not "ideal" either, as it's only one syllable longer
than "deal".  The same is true of "teary" and "deary".
--
Jerry Friedman
I'd accept "ideal", which for me has three syllables.
For me too, but "deal" has two.
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But (since we're talking about written words here) "coala" is not a
word. The marsupial requires a k-.
M-W lists "coala" as a variant spelling.  I don't think I've
ever seen it in the wild.
Two more: mime(o) (a relative of "roneo") and pale(o).
I just found out that "rone" is Scottish for brushwood/
thicket or a rain spout/pipe.
I would also make a plea on behalf of tear(y). To tear (to rip) has one
syllable. I can see how 'tear' (crying fluid) may be pronounced as
having two syllables. 'teary' (as in teary eyes) definitely has three
syllables in my speech.

The thing I like about this last example is that it makes use of the
letter 'y', the honorary vowel of the a-e-i-o-u (y) collective.
jerryfriedman
2024-09-30 13:57:32 UTC
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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.
    the question is...   5 others,
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.
<s(i)mile>.
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
e-
i- example:  (i)deal, s(i)mile
o- example:  came(o), rode(o), pale(o)
u- example:  b(u)oy (AmE pronunciation)
(OK, not that last one.)
Not "ideal" either, as it's only one syllable longer
than "deal".  The same is true of "teary" and "deary".
--
Jerry Friedman
I'd accept "ideal", which for me has three syllables.
For me too, but "deal" has two.
Post by Ross Clark
But (since we're talking about written words here) "coala" is not a
word. The marsupial requires a k-.
M-W lists "coala" as a variant spelling.  I don't think I've
ever seen it in the wild.
Two more: mime(o) (a relative of "roneo") and pale(o).
I just found out that "rone" is Scottish for brushwood/
thicket or a rain spout/pipe.
I would also make a plea on behalf of tear(y). To tear (to rip) has one
syllable. I can see how 'tear' (crying fluid) may be pronounced as
having two syllables. 'teary' (as in teary eyes) definitely has three
syllables in my speech.
..

Not in mine. The lachrymose "tear" has one syllable,
or 1.1 at most, and "teary" is exactly the same but with
an /i/ on the end. But I'll take your word that your
pronunciation is different from that.

--
Jerry Friedman

Bebercito
2024-09-14 03:21:57 UTC
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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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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)
[Misl] becomes [Misl]-Toe (which is shorter)
"Short" becomes "Shorter" (which is shorter)
Athel Cornish-Bowden
2024-09-20 07:13:00 UTC
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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.
Of course. The first that comes to mind is end + l -> lend, not to
mention men + d -> mend.
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in England until 1987.
Peter Moylan
2024-09-20 08:03:11 UTC
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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.
Of course. The first that comes to mind is end + l -> lend, not to
mention men + d -> mend.
You pronounce mend and lend with three syllables? I've met a Texan who
used two syllables, but it's hard to imagine expanding them any further.
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Newcastle, NSW
Athel Cornish-Bowden
2024-09-20 08:18:10 UTC
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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.
Of course. The first that comes to mind is end + l -> lend, not to
mention men + d -> mend.
You pronounce mend and lend with three syllables? I've met a Texan who
used two syllables, but it's hard to imagine expanding them any further.
I misread the rules.

My first wife, who was Californian, but her father and stepmother were
Texan, pronounced "and" with three syllables when I first met her.
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Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly
in England until 1987.
Silvano
2024-09-20 09:32:58 UTC
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My first wife, who was Californian, but her father and stepmother were
Texan, pronounced "and" with three syllables when I first met her.
Just curious: can you write those three syllables?
Snidely
2024-09-20 14:34:54 UTC
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My first wife, who was Californian, but her father and stepmother were
Texan, pronounced "and" with three syllables when I first met her.
Just curious: can you write those three syllables?
Probably something like A EN DUH where the A is the cat vowel held, and
the DUH is just a quicky ... flapped-D?

The A could possibly be /ei/, but cat seems more likely.

/dps
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Athel Cornish-Bowden
2024-09-20 14:36:20 UTC
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My first wife, who was Californian, but her father and stepmother were
Texan, pronounced "and" with three syllables when I first met her.
Just curious: can you write those three syllables?
Approximately /æɪənd/ but the /ɪ/ may have been a /j/. It's been a long
time -- maybe 60 years/
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Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly
in England until 1987.
Bebercito
2024-09-20 18:15:55 UTC
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My first wife, who was Californian, but her father and stepmother were
Texan, pronounced "and" with three syllables when I first met her.
Just curious: can you write those three syllables?
Approximately /æɪənd/ but the /ɪ/ may have been a /j/.
I guess it takes a very keen ear to distinguish between the two
in that phonetic context.
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It's been a long time -- maybe 60 years/
jerryfriedman
2024-09-25 14:13:29 UTC
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My first wife, who was Californian, but her father and stepmother were
Texan, pronounced "and" with three syllables when I first met her.
Just curious: can you write those three syllables?
Approximately /æɪənd/ but the /ɪ/ may have been a /j/. It's been a long
time -- maybe 60 years/
Dayum.

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Jerry Friedman
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