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(Message started by: kellys on Feb 25th, 2004, 1:28pm)
Title: Phamiliar Frases
Post by kellys on Feb 25th, 2004, 1:28pm
Hello all.  I write a puzzles page for my college's newspaper, so I figured I would periodically post some of our original puzzles.  Enjoy.

In this puzzle, each clue is paired up with another. Fill in the blanks with the correct word. When you are done, the answer to the second clue will sound the same as the answer to the first clue, with the two words exchanged.  For example, if the clues were ``Pawns the wood ax'' and ``Sums the table'', the answers would be SELLS the ADZ and ADDS the CELLS.  Watch for alternate spellings, double meanings of the same word, and verb tenses.


  Put the ball through the hoop: _________ the _________
  Filmed the segment: _________ the _________

  Called upon the house cleaner: _________ the _________
  Cooked up the yellow condiment: _________ the _________

  Trashes the treaty: _________ the _________
  Got ready to go on vacation: _________ the _________

  Effortlessly pass the class: _________ through the _________
  Flow through the wind: _________ through the _________

  Grieving by the memorial: _________ by the _________
  Refit my suit before the sun's up: _________ by the _________

  Wait on line at Disneyland: _________ _________ the _________
  Send in the Travolta substitute: _________ the _________-_________

  Stationed in Istanbul, or coming from thereabouts: _________-_________
  Prevent baking fowl from getting too dry: _________ _________

  Chill the Slurpee look-alike: _________ the _________
  Quit showing me pictures of the Parthenon!: _________ _________ the _________!
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 25th, 2004, 1:36pm

Quote:
Wait on line at Disneyland: _________ _________ the _________
  Send in the Travolta substitute: _________ the _________-_________

[hide]Stand in the queue
Cue the stand-in[/hide]  


Quote:
Stationed in Istanbul, or coming from thereabouts: _________-_________
  Prevent baking fowl from getting too dry: _________ _________

[hide]Turkey-Greece
Grease turkey[/hide]
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by towr on Feb 25th, 2004, 1:47pm
Put the ball through the hoop: [hide]took the shot[/hide].
Filmed the segment: [hide]shot the take[/hide].

Called upon the house cleaner: [hide]mustered the maid[/hide].
Cooked up the yellow condiment: [hide]made the mustard[/hide].

Trashes the treaty: [hide]bagged the pact [/hide].
Got ready to go on vacation: [hide]packed the bags[/hide].

Effortlessly pass the class: [hide]breeze through the course[/hide].
Flow through the wind: [hide] course through the breeze[/hide].
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Speaker on Feb 25th, 2004, 8:12pm
Grieving by the memorial: [hide]Mourning by the altar[/hide]
  Refit my suit before the sun's up: [hide] Alter by the morning[/hide]

I am not so sure of this one, but:
Chill the Slurpee look-alike:[hide] Freeze the Icee[/hide]
Quit showing me pictures of the Parthenon!: [hide] I see (n) the frieze[/hide]
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Speaker on Feb 25th, 2004, 9:43pm
Here are some more:
Shut the container: ________ the ________
Put away the garments: ________ the ________

Prince of Wales: ________ ________ the ________
Tossed off a cliff: ________ ________ the ________

Money exchange: ________ to ________
Smells on the figurine’s locks: ________ to ________ ________

Hang on, less flavorful in veggies: ________ it’s ________ in ________
Equal mass in treasure: ________ its ________ in ________
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 26th, 2004, 1:10am

Quote:
Shut the container: ________ the ________  
Put away the garments: ________ the ________  

:[hide]Close the box.
Box the clothes.[/hide]


Quote:
Prince of Wales: ________ ________ the ________  
Tossed off a cliff: ________ ________ the ________  

:[hide]Heir to the throne.
Thrown to the air.[/hide]
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Cathos on Feb 26th, 2004, 12:29pm
Money exchange: ________ to ________  
Smells on the figurine’s locks: ________ to ________ ________  

:[hide]
Dollar to cents
Scents to doll hairs?
[/hide]
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Cathos on Feb 26th, 2004, 12:40pm
Hang on, less flavorful in veggies: ________ it’s ________ in ________  
Equal mass in treasure: ________ its ________ in ________  

Here's a guess...
[hide]
Wait, it's worthless in greens
Worth it's weight in green (US dollars)
[/hide]
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Speaker on Feb 26th, 2004, 3:56pm
All correct, except for Cathos last try.

That one was very close. I was thinking of a specific veggie, it is orange and spindle shaped and bugs bunny likes it.

Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Cathos on Feb 26th, 2004, 4:23pm
[hide]
Wait, it's worthless in carrots
Worth it's weight in karets
[/hide]
??
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Speaker on Feb 26th, 2004, 4:27pm
You just need a different homonymn for worth.  ;)
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Speaker on Feb 26th, 2004, 4:29pm
Here are two more:

Listen to people speak: ________ them ________
Let people in: ________ them ________


Blanch due to gossip: ________ by the ________
Boarder near the bucket: ________ by the ________
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Speaker on Feb 26th, 2004, 5:10pm
Here are two more.

Explain inclusive location of tunes: ________ ________ all  ________ on ________
Listen to every melody via cable ________ all ________ on ________


Shellfish require saltwater:________ ________ the ________
Observe the sinews kicked: ________ the ________ ________
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Cathos on Feb 26th, 2004, 7:29pm
Shellfish require saltwater:________ ________ the ________  
Observe the sinews kicked: ________ the ________ ________

[hide]
Mussels need the sea
See the muscels knee (as a verb)
[/hide]

Blanch due to gossip: ________ by the ________  
Boarder near the bucket: ________ by the ________

[hide]
Pale by the roomer
Roomer by the pail
[/hide]

Listen to people speak: ________ them ________  
Let people in: ________ them ________  

Not sure about this one
[hide]
Hear them bid
Bid them here
[/hide]

I'm still stuck on the veggy one
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Speaker on Feb 26th, 2004, 8:14pm
You are almost correct on all three, and the third one you give is very different from my answer, but seems ok.

You need to put the verb in the past tense [hide]kneed[/hide].
And, how to you spell [hide]roomer/rumor[/hide].

For the veggie one, just consider that things can go from bad to badder (or something).
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by raven on Feb 26th, 2004, 8:36pm
  Stationed in Istanbul, or coming from thereabouts: [hide]Turkey-based[/hide]
  Prevent baking fowl from getting too dry: [hide]baste turkey[/hide]
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Speaker on Feb 26th, 2004, 10:46pm
Hey Raven, that sounds like the real answer.

Here is another:

Dine with S.A. Golfer Ernie: Go ________ ________ ________ ________

Small wind instruments chirp: ________, go ________
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Cathos on Feb 26th, 2004, 10:47pm
Ok, so I have some spelling and grammer issues :P

I'm still not sure about the veggie one, I thought I was being so clever using greens.  Maybe if someone who has a lisp solves it:
[hide]
Worse it's weight in gold
[/hide]
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Speaker on Feb 26th, 2004, 10:52pm
Hello Cathos, you do not need a lisp. Put your lispy word in the other sentence. Then everything is okay. As in:

[hide]
Wait, it’s worse in carrots
Worth its weight in karats
[/hide]

How about the new ones?
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Cathos on Feb 26th, 2004, 11:02pm
[hide]Wait, it’s worse in carrots  
Worth its weight in karats  [/hide]

Ok, I'm still not understanding it.  Doesn't worth have to be a different tense of the word worse?  Maybe it's just me.  Still working on the rest...
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Speaker on Feb 26th, 2004, 11:07pm
If kellys comes back he can give us the official rules, but I think that they just need to be homonymns and the two answers need to reverse their positions (or move their positions). I have made some with three homonymns so they get reflected over some mysterious axis sometimes. ::)
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Cathos on Feb 26th, 2004, 11:16pm
Does that mean that worse and worth are homonyms?
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Speaker on Feb 26th, 2004, 11:19pm
Well, hem ha, well. Yes, yes they are. If you have a lisp and squint a little.  ::)
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Speaker on Feb 26th, 2004, 11:59pm
Sorry they are not homonymns. I was thinking of homophones. But, then they are really homopones either. But, they are pretty close. Sorry again.

Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Cathos on Feb 27th, 2004, 7:46pm
Not a problem, I get it now, I just thought I was confused about what a homonym is.  What exactly is a homophone?  A homonym would be: there their they're, correct?  Or is that a homophone?
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by towr on Feb 28th, 2004, 3:03am
homo ~ same
phone ~ sound
nym ~ name
graph ~ writing

homophone -> sounds the same
homograph -> written the same
homonym -> either written, or sounding, the same (so in one sense or the other the same name)
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Cathos on Feb 28th, 2004, 12:59pm
So homophones and homographs are two different types of homonyms?
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by towr on Feb 29th, 2004, 8:41am
yes, it would appear so.. (at least according to the merriam-webster dictionary)
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Speaker on Feb 29th, 2004, 4:36pm
Thanks towr  :)

Here are two more, all four of the words in the second one are homophones or pretty close to it (for what it's worth).

Wadded up the décolletage: ________ the ________
The visitor cried: The ________ ________


Doesn’t young ungulate perceive?: ________ ________ ________ ________ ?
Novel excavator slant nonexistent: ________ ________ ________ ________
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Speaker on Mar 2nd, 2004, 10:05pm
Here is another: This one requires knowledge of previous memes on this forum.

April Underwood’s gentleman friend changes style: The ________ ________ ________

Is this gentleman going to proposition the large African antelope?: ________ ________ ________ the ________?

:)
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Cathos on Mar 2nd, 2004, 11:50pm
April Underwood’s gentleman friend changes style: The ________ ________ ________  

Is this gentleman going to proposition the large African antelope?: ________ ________ ________ the ________?

[hide]
The new Willy approach.
Will he approach the gnu?

>Not sure about 'approach', but I think the rest is right.  Maybe something else fits better...
[/hide]
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Speaker on Mar 2nd, 2004, 11:53pm
Very good, your assumption is correct, one word is wrong. Do you know his last name? It is the same as the founder of this wonderful site.
Title: Re: Phamiliar Frases
Post by Cathos on Mar 3rd, 2004, 11:40am
Ahh... Yes, that didn't occur to me
[hide]
The new Willy Wu.
Will he woo the gnu?
[/hide]


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