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Posted: Oct 2, 2010 8:54pm
Find a two syllable English word that becomes a four syllable word when "ly" is added at the end.
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Posted: Oct 7, 2010 6:50am
Actually, there are two answers to this.
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Posted: Oct 8, 2010 6:44am
Want a hint?
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
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Posted: Oct 8, 2010 9:40am
My guess it that such a word would end in a silent vowel, that gets pronounced once you add "ly".
Is that correct?
/Tomas
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Posted: Oct 8, 2010 7:04pm
I've answered TomasB by PM. If there are no correct answers for a while, I'll make my answer to him public.
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Posted: Oct 13, 2010 4:43am
Um....didnt you just say one when you said 'actually'?
Everybody wants to beleive.....we just help them along.
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Posted: Oct 13, 2010 7:00am
Ac*tu*al has three syllables. We need a word that has two syllables.
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Posted: Oct 15, 2010 6:09pm
Answer to TomasB's hypothesis:
Good idea, but not correct!
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Posted: Nov 14, 2011 9:55am
Ab*ased becomes Ab*as*ed*ly.
All*eged becomes All*eg*ed*ly.
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Albert Einstein
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Posted: Nov 14, 2011 11:43am
Finaledly!
/Tomas
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Michael Daniels
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Posted: Nov 14, 2011 11:53am
And other ...edly forms, e.g.,
advisedly
ashamedly
avowedly
reservedly
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Posted: Nov 14, 2011 12:02pm
Welldonedly.
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
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