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We would probab;y all benignly ignore the addition o an S as well as the declared D - but smuggling in  two extra S's is a bit cheeky!      
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The È should, of course, be an Ë - sorry, I hit the wrong keys. 
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Sorry about the extra "S".  It even lookedOK when I previewed it.
 
 
 
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Being perfect SECLUDES
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SEDUCERS
 
 drop one S, and lo, we are
 
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'cus these are
 
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Thanks, you do some pretty fine work yourself.I really like this thread.
 
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...in six letters:
 
 drop the C
 
 "...But if I flit
 the benefit
 that I DIFFUSE
 the Town would lose
 Now every man
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 SNUFFED
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 We duly changed   N to T and
 
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FIFTIES
 Ah yes, fish were jumping and cotton was high.
 
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IFFIEST you young folks would grow a i to r
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REFORTS
 
 How 'bout another E?
 
 Not only God can make a tree.
 
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Let's remove the F and put it back to what it sould be
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There's something fishy about that change, and if there isn't, there should be.
 
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RESTOCK your restock, make T an H 
 
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What an I looking at right now?  Well, I can't see my DESKTOP because my computer, moniter, speakers, etc. are on it.
 
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STOPPED
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I was once a Wall Street
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IRATE
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