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I was thinking (trying to stay awake) on the drive home how screwy the English language really is. One thing that is really interesting is how the addition of the lowly "e" can completely change to meaning of a word completely.

spin spine
car care
far fear

more?
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tin tine
fin fine
sin sine
for fore
dog Doge
mat mate
fat fate
sat sate
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When I was a child, there was a show on PBS called Electric Company. They had a song about this (which, thank you, is now running through my head!-LOL):

Who can turn a Can, Into a Cane?
Who can turn a Man, into a Mane?
It's elementary for "Silent E"

Cub, Cube
Rub, Rube
Tub, Tube
Pan, Pane
Run, Rune

Lots of these...

*walks off whistling and looking for an ax to remove the song from his head...* :rockband:
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DoctorGamgee wrote:
*walks off whistling and looking for an ax to remove the song from his head...* :rockband:
ax axe :biggrin:

bar, bear, bare
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BTW, Silent E was written by the great satirist of the '50s and '60s, Tom Leher.

In the spirit of his work, my example for this thread is dedicated to former US Vice President, Dan Quayle: potato, potatoe. :biggrin:
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I love Tom Lehrer! How cool to know from whence it came...

Ax-Axe! Buahahaha!
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tim time
Lenin, Marx
Marx, Lennon
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par pear pare
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rap rape
tap tape
cap cape
gap gape
nap nape
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fir fire
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at ate
fat fate
gat gate
hat hate
mat mate
nat nate
pat pate
rat rate
sat sate
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not note

do doe

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spar spare
scar scare
star stare
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ban bane
can cane
dan dane
jan jane
man mane
pan pane
wan wane
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wan wean
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fat fate
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Marx, Lennon
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