Puzzles with words and things

[snookersfun]

nearly count a bit more...

[chasmmi]

two goes into eight four times

[snookersfun]

well done chasmmi and d_g for the first three. I'll split the point between the both of you:
So here is the scoreboard after Round 38 but before Round 35Statman!!:

Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Person
1 . . . . . . . . . . . 8½. . . . . . snookersfun
2 . . . . . . . . . . . 6½ . . . . . elvaago
3 . . . . . . . . . . . 5½ . . . . . The Statman
4 . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . rambon
5 . . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . davis_greatest
6 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . chasmmi
7 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . Mitsuko
8 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . hegeland
9 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . Sarmu
10 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . lagermike
11 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . Ginger_Freak

[The Statman]

Here it is updated fully:

Davis Greatest wins round 35 for his excellent contribution which started with 'TRIENNIALLY'.

Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Person
1 . . . . . . . . . . . 8½. . . . . . snookersfun
2 . . . . . . . . . . . 6½ . . . . . elvaago
3 . . . . . . . . . . . 5½ . . . . . The Statman
4 . . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . davis_greatest
5 . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . rambon
6 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . chasmmi
7 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . Mitsuko
8 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . hegeland
9 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . Sarmu
10 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . lagermike
11 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . Ginger_Freak

ROUND THIRTY-NINE

What do the following pairs of words have in common?:

Life and Veil
Dummy and Medium
Fly and File
Vowel and Wolf
Latch and Chalet
Asset and Stasis
Crop and Corps
Gas and Sage

[rambon]

It's something to do with adding a letter and flipping sounds of consonants round I reckon, but as luck would have it I'm off into a meeting

[The Statman]

It's either a long meeting, or interest in this question has somewhat dwindled!

A clue: Although they are blatantly not anagrams of each other, the word 'anagrams' does feature in the answer!

[davis_greatest]

I don't know exactly but is it along the lines that each one is an anagram of the sounds of the other, if you use another possible sound for the letters....?

For example

Life > Feil > (f can be pronounced v as in of) > Veil
Dummy > My D Um > (y can be pronounced Ee, D pronounced Dee) > Medium
Fly > Fyl > File
Vowel > Wolve > Wolf (f pronounced v as in of)

etc (although struggling slightly with the e in chalet)


Cold? Warm? Tepid?

[rambon]

Life and Veil
Dummy and Medium
Fly and File
Vowel and Wolf
Latch and Chalet
Asset and Stasis
Crop and Corps
Gas and Sage

You turn each word into its pluiral, then knock of the final S and anagramise...

Life - Lives - loses the s - veil
Dummy - Dummies
Fly - Flies
Wolf - Wolves
Latch - Latches
Stasis - Stases
Corps - Corps
Gas - Gases

You got me confused because the two to the end were in a different order you little tinker....

[The Statman]

Congratulations rambon. YOu actually did a bit more than necessary to arrive at the answer. The simple answer is that while they are not anagrams or each other, their plurals are anagrams of each other.

So here is the scoreboard after round 39:

Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Person
1 . . . . . . . . . . . 8½. . . . . . snookersfun
2 . . . . . . . . . . . 6½ . . . . . elvaago
3 . . . . . . . . . . . 5½ . . . . . The Statman
4 . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . rambon
5 . . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . davis_greatest
6 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . chasmmi
7 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . Mitsuko
8 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . hegeland
9 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . Sarmu
10 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . lagermike
11 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . Ginger_Freak

ROUND FORTY

Anyone?

[rambon]

Congratulations rambon. YOu actually did a bit more than necessary to arrive at the answer. The simple answer is that while they are not anagrams or each other, their plurals are anagrams of each other.

It's easy when you put it that way....

[davis_greatest]

ROUND 40

The following two sentences are opposites... by which I mean they have nothing in common. Why?

1) I want the thin milkman.

2) Good dogs burp.

[snookersfun]

they neither share consonants nor vowels

[davis_greatest]

they neither share consonants nor vowels

Warm. More is needed.

[davis_greatest]

ROUND 40

The following two sentences are opposites... by which I mean they have nothing in common. Why?

1) I want the thin milkman.

2) Good dogs burp.

A clue: write them in capitals.

[The Statman]

ROUND 40

The following two sentences are opposites... by which I mean they have nothing in common. Why?

1) I want the thin milkman.

2) Good dogs burp.

It occurred to me on my way home tonight and I now find you've given a clue!

The first sentence requires only straight lines, no curves, when written in capitals, while the second sentence contains only letters which require curved lines.