Keep in touch with English
27/08/2021, 11:56
Recently Ghira brought up a game
There are words which you can attach to a A at the beginning
Such as
Way - > away
Kin - > akin
Sometimes the meaning is completely different
Such as
Steroid - > asteroid
Cute - > acute
So far the best is
Unties - > aunties
Now my new move is
Broad - > abroad
28/08/2021, 13:30
This can be done with other letters too :
way => away
up => cup
ear => bear
......
28/08/2021, 15:55
Alphabetic order
Way => away
Ear => bear
Up => cup
One => done
Licit => elicit
ill => fill
28/08/2021, 17:36
gio73 ha scritto:Alphabetic order
ill => fill
able -> gable
arm -> harm
mage -> image
ail -> jail
30/08/2021, 14:03
live -> alive
lame -> blame
rap -> crap
rag -> drag
lite -> elite
art -> fart
ray -> gray
eat -> heat
con -> icon
okey -> jokey
eel -> keel
ace -> lace
ale > male
ice -> nice
ink -> oink
latter -> platter
ant -> rant
corn -> scorn
rain -> train
omit -> vomit
hale -> whale
ear -> year
oink -> zoink
31/08/2021, 07:49
Now which are the best word to transform?
For instance
ONE is a good one because you can have
Done
Gone
Bone
Tone
...
ICE
Mice
Lice
Dice
Nice
...
END
Lend
Send
Mend
Tend
...
EST
Rest
Fest
Test
Nest
...
31/08/2021, 09:44
"ail" seems pretty good
bail
fail
hail
jail
mail
nail
pail
rail
sail
tail
wail
31/08/2021, 09:50
"ill" isn't bad
bill
dill
fill
gill
hill
(jill? maybe not)
kill
mill
pill
rill
sill
till
will
07/09/2021, 08:17
"in"?
bin
din
fin
gin
kin
pin
sin
tin
win
Hmm. Not as good as some of the others.
"an"?
ban
can
dan (in Go, Shogi and martial arts)
fan
lan (local area network. hmm. maybe not.)
man
nan (grandmother... ok)
pan
ran
san (storage area network.. maybe trying too hard)
tan
van
wan (wide area network but also another more plausible word)
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