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Triple Treat
Find a rhyme for each word below so you end up with a familiar three-word phrase in the form "__, __, and __".
Example:
Clue = "Cook, Wine, Drinker"
Answer = "Hook, Line, and Sinker"
1. Shop, Swap, Dole
2. Mop, Slip, Thump
3. Mud, Wet, Smears
4. Sock, Rock, Carol
5. Claim, Debt, Scratch
6. Steady, Filling, Label
7. Warning, Soon, Flight
Example:
Clue = "Cook, Wine, Drinker"
Answer = "Hook, Line, and Sinker"
1. Shop, Swap, Dole
2. Mop, Slip, Thump
3. Mud, Wet, Smears
4. Sock, Rock, Carol
5. Claim, Debt, Scratch
6. Steady, Filling, Label
7. Warning, Soon, Flight
Answer
1. Stop, Drop, and Roll2. Hop, Skip, and Jump
3. Blood, Sweat, and Tears
4. Lock, Stock, and Barrel
5. Game, Set, and Match
6. Ready, Willing, and Able
7. Morning, Noon, and Night
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i LOVED this one!! u did a good job! i only got a few right though. lol
VERY fun and VERY good idea and VERY well done.
At last! Somehting I can do and wasn't that fun!!!!
Barrel and Peril? Not in my parts of the English-speaking world.
Otherwise, fun teaser.
Otherwise, fun teaser.
I agree with spikethru4. Peril and Barrel don't really rhyme. I was thinking of lock stock and barrel, but when I got to peril, I became stumped and decided I didn't know what that one could be.
Took me longer than usual (the brain is showing its age), but I got all of them. Hi GiMi
I also want to say hello to auntiesis.
I liked that quiz! Thanks Thought it was as "breezy as gun, who, me" (Easy as one, two, three!) Hi to KiPA and AS! Hope you're all having a wonderful day!!
Also, interesting comment about PERIL and BARREL not rhyming. Here in our part of the US, it does rhyme. Although I know someone in eastern Pennsylvania who would pronounce peril as purl. Different dialect.
I'm with spike all the way on this; I would love to know where he and gaylewolf are from, to track their linguistic differences! Peril's first vowel is short e, and barrel's is short a. (I'm from the nyc area.) I'm a language teacher, so this is of interest to me. Have a great day, folks!
I'm with gaylewolf on this one. Sorry wordmomma, but the people from nyc have a different dialect than the rest of U.S.
For those who don't think "peril" rhymes with barrel, would "carol" be better?
In some areas merry/Mary/marry are all prounounced the exact same. In others, they're pronounced quite differently (first syllables pronounced to rhyme with ear, air & are).
English is an interesting language with all its regional variants (Boston English is very different from Socal English, and both find Australian English to be almost alien). Even the grammar is insane sometimes - "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is an actual complete, grammatically correct sentence.
English is an interesting language with all its regional variants (Boston English is very different from Socal English, and both find Australian English to be almost alien). Even the grammar is insane sometimes - "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is an actual complete, grammatically correct sentence.
Oh I LOVE these comments - very interesting and very insightful - and nice that they are remaining friendly. Wordmama, I am from the Detroit area - and I have friends in Ohio who have what we used to call "southern" accent. And my friends from eastern Pennsylvania have another, different dialect. Friends from New Jersey offer another distinct variation to the same words. And, yes, MarcM, "Carol" would have fit. Now, Rockstar - will you please translate your Buffalo buffalo... sentence.
Love this one. The barrel/peril contraversy is interesting to me. I'm from the New England and many of my neighbors pronounce them the same, while I find they sound different to my ears when I speak them out loud. I like to see all the comments from everyone. Hi to doehead and GnMn.
I'm am of the "they rhyme" school. Not sure how one would pronounce peril otherwise.
@Wordmama, I am from the UK and now live in Australia. There are many different dialects in both those countries but I cannot think of any in which 'peril' and 'barrel' would sound the same. Even trying to pronounce them with an American drawl left me stumped as to how they could rhyme.
But, clearly there are pockets of North America where they do, so I am interested to know: do you pronounce 'barrel' with a hard 'e' ('berrel') or 'peril' with a hard 'a' ('paril'), or is there some in-between sound that they both adopt?
@MarcM, 'carol' works wonderfully! Much better suggestion, imho.
But, clearly there are pockets of North America where they do, so I am interested to know: do you pronounce 'barrel' with a hard 'e' ('berrel') or 'peril' with a hard 'a' ('paril'), or is there some in-between sound that they both adopt?
@MarcM, 'carol' works wonderfully! Much better suggestion, imho.
wat the heck wuz that? srry im tired i need 2 go 2 sleep now
I got them all but the first one, thanks for changing 'peril' to 'carol' I never would have got it otherwise. Your teasers are always, always fun Marc. I know I sound like a broken record by now, but thanks so much, again!
I thought it was fun in 2011 and still think it is now. Had fun both times.
6/7 #5 even after I read it wasn't familiar to me
I was only stuck on the first, although I had the 2nd and 3rd word. I logically guessed the 1st word to score 100%. Like this a lot and definitely put a smile on my face this morning
Some of these were familiar and easy for me, some were not. Catmom, I think the one you mentioned refers to a tennis match. I like this type of quiz. Hope to see more!
This is the third time for me on this one, but did not do so good this time. My brain had a hard time knowing what we were supposed to do. I knew on the past years, so age does take its toll. Sniff.
That was really fun! I was sitting here making mussitations of the words over and over again trying to make them sounds like a phrase. It really worked!
I love this puzzle but missed 2 of them! Thanks for posting and I'd like to see more like this one!
Thank-you for your comments. There are two more in this series, Triple Treat 2 and Triple Treat 3.
This was fun. I missed #1 and #5. Am looking forward to the next two installments. Keep up the good work.
Solved all but #1; never heard of that saying?
It was fun though, thanks Marc!
It was fun though, thanks Marc!
I threw the list of words into a note and chipped away at it a couple times today and just solved my last one (lock, stock, and barrel!). I started out thinking this puzzle wasn't really my thing (I just joined the website last night and signed up for the daily emails), but I enjoyed the thrill of solving each one! Thank you!
Fun and entertaining teaser; I also never heard of "Stop, Drop and Roll" and missed #1. I was able to get all of the others.
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