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Are there other words which retain their original meaning, even when some letters are removed, like this:
FRANGIBLE = FRAGILE = FRAIL
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A.W.A.D. offered this as its weekly theme during the week of Monday, Jan 31, 2000 (you can find the list in the A.W.A.D. archives down the cyber-street), beginning with catacomb = tomb. Don't think there were any trios, though, just pairs.
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Don't know any triplets, but have long been intrigued by a double doublet (if that makes sense):
APPROPRIATE -> APT
APPOSITE -> APT
Alas, I rarely see apposite used anywhere. And it's such a lovely sounding word too.
cheer
the sunshine warrior
ps. DECEASED -> DEAD is an easy one
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>Alas, I rarely see apposite used anywhere. I use it all the time! But I guess that would be considered apposite, given my avocation. http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/
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Too(th)-sum,
You wrote: >But I guess that would be considered apposite, given my avocation.<
Could one then posit that your vocation is words?
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David,
here's one that HAS to be correct, at least part of the time: pessimist=pest.
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was sent to me in an email circuit....
HABIT is a strange word.
If u remove H, ABIT remains.
If u remove A, BIT remains,
And if u remove B,IT still remains...
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A recent word this week on AWAD:
Adamantine=adamant
chronist
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