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19 June 2007 Blog Home : June 2007 : Permalink

Fun with 4 letter words

I got one of thse chain email things (Thanks Tom). I managed to pass it on (just). The rule is to start with one particular 4 letter word and then modify one letter and send it to someone else to keep the chain going. At present the chain letter I've got is below. I am impressed at the general lack of both obscenity and repetition as well as the fact that very few seem to have had to reach for obscure words. Anyway here is the letter to date:

STARTING WORD: foot

> > >
> > > Hannah - boot
> > > Mary -bout
> > > Dan - boat
> > > Taylor- coat
> > > Nat - coal
> > > Brian - cool
> > > Bryan - fool
> > > Amy - tool
> > > Sami - pool
> > > Sarah - wool
> > > Kasey - woof
> > > Lori - hoof
> > > Katie - roof
> > > Bon - root
> > > Lisa- hoot
> > > Colleen - coot
> > > Yvonne - cook
> > > Karen - look
> > > Audrey - took
> > > Bonnie - book
> > > Charlie - hook
> > > Nan- honk
> > > Audrey - hank
> > > Jeannette -hunk
> > > Bette -dunk
> > > Molly -punk
> > > Bev - hunk
> > > Ernie- sunk
> > > Phyllis - junk
> > > Sharon - June
> > > Jane - tune
> > > Linda - tone
> > > Bruce - bone
> > > Lisa- lone
> > > Helen - gone
> > > Midge - done
> > > Sherlin - cone
> > > Vivian - none
> > > Dora - zone
> > > Jean - hone
> > > Sally - home
> > > Mary - come
> > > Tim - dome
> > > Yesi - some
> > > Teri - same
> > > Donna - sage
> > > Emilie - cage
> > > Betty - page
> > > Dick - pale
> > > Laura- bale
> > > Kate - male
> > > Barb - mole
> > > Susie - pole
> > > Rebecca - poke
> > > Janet - joke
> > > Angie - toke
> > > Laureen - coke
> > > Lori - code
> > > Vickie - rode
> > > Sabrina - rose
> > > Leslie - rise
> > > Denise - rite
> > > Sheri - rate
> > > Sharon- rats
> > > Linda - cats
> > > Carolyn - mats
> > > Jamie- mate
> > > Becky - mite
> > > Michelle - mice
> > > Brenda - dice
> > > Cheryl - lice
> > > Jody - lick
> > > Linda - wick
> > > Felicia - kick
> > > Shar I - sick
> > > Whitney - suck
> > > Heather - tuck
> > > Brenda - duck (I'm not going to be the one to say it!)
> > > Betty - dock (you thought it was going to be something else, didn't You?)
> > > Vicki - sock
> > > Helen - cock (a faucet or valve for regulating flow of liquid - just want to be clear) It's also a farm animal.
> > > Barbara - mock
> > > Carol - lock
> > > Sheri - jock
> > > Pam - jack
> > > Eva - back
> > > Michelle - lack
> > > Angie - lace
> > > Kathy- face
> > > Angie - fact
> > > Julie - fart
> > > Mel - farm
> > > Debbie - fare
> > > Lisa- dare
> > > Margaret - bare
> > > Petra- care
> > > Don - mare
> > > Mary Jo - mart
> > > Karen - cart
> > > Ellen - dart
> > > Ann - darn
> > > Meghan - yarn
> > > Jana - barn
> > > Lisa- born
> > > Sheila - corn
> > > Dana - cork
> > > Carol - pork
> > > Cheri - port
> > > Chris - part
> > > Tina - park
> > > Erica - lark
> > > Lou - hark (You know, Harold's angels singing)
> > > Robyn - dark
> > > Jacque - dank
> > > Helen -dunk
> > > Delisa - dune
> > > Bethany - Dane
> > > Nicole - done
> > > Kayla- Bone
> > > Lisa- Zone
> > > Angie W -Tone
> > > Danita V. - none
> > > Suzy - lone (as in Lone Ranger..lol)
> > > JoAnn - gone
> > >  Gayle - gene
> > > Lorri - gena (I was desparate for a word and found this one in the Dictionary, it means the cheek or lateral side of the face)
> > >
> > > Margie - gent
> > > Sandy- bent
> > > Merrikay -beet
> > > Rhonda-feet
> > > Sara -Feel
> > > Sheila-feed
> > > Mary Ann - need
> > > Pat - seed
> > > Holly-heed
> > > Deb - weld
> > > Christina - held
> > > Cheryl - help
> > > Kurt - kelp
> > > Kristie - yelp
> > > Kim - yell
> > > Brandi - hell
> > > Conal - bell
> > > Lesley-fell
> > > Kevin - Felt
> > > Gail - melt
> > > Sharon- belt
> > > Terry - pelt
> > > Linda - welt
> > > Kim - well
> > > Denise - will
> > > Bernie-hill
> > > Patti - fill
> > > Judy-film
> > > Joy - form
> > > Sandy- fort
> > > Mark Lynn - fork
> > > Laura - cork
> > > Coreen - cord
> > > Marcel--lord
> > > Pauline -lard
> > > Jo-Anne-card
> > > Kelly - care
> > > Julie - cage
> > > Roxy - came
> > > Frankie-game
> > > Glenda - lame
> > > Leslie - fame
> > > Jane - same
> > > Lynne - lake
> > > Karen - fake
> > > Anna - make
> > > Sue - bake
> > > Patricia - cake
> > > Fern - care
> > > Eileen rare
> > > Hilda - mare
> > > Gerry - male
> > > Jim - malt
> > > Jeanne - salt
> > > Jack - bale
> > > Brian - ball
> > > April - wall
> > > Beth - walk
> > > Shannon- balk (MLB playoffs are on)
> > > Heather - bank
> > > Marlie - tank
> > > Karen - talc
> > > Karon - tale
> > > Freda - gale
> > > Jill - gala
> > > Stephanie - gaga
> > > Carla - saga
> > > Sandy- rage
> > > Shirley- wage
> > > Sherry - cage.....wow, that was easy....
> > > Lisa- cave
> > > Lorraine- save
> > > Bob - gave
> > > Heather - have (I'm guessing that this game will eventually have to go back to the word 'foot')
> > > Janice - hive
> > > Silvy - give
> > > Marsha-live
(omitted - jive?)
> > > Lise - jibe
> > > Jenifer - vibe
> > > Carla - gibe (to shake or handle roughly)
> > > Esther - kibe ( an ulcerated chilblain, esp on the heel, I learned two new words on this one)
> > > Renee-kite
> > > Patty - site
> > > Chris - bite
> > > Patti - bile
> > > Kevin - wile
> > > Gail- file
> > > Jim - fife
> > > Allan- Life
> > > Michele - line
> > > Ian - lint
> > > Stella - mint
> > > Sylvia - mind
> > > Hilda - find
> > > Tanya - Bind
> > > Dalene - bend
> > > John - send
> > > Adrian- seed
> > > Brenda - feed
> > > Nicki - fled
> > > Karin - bled
> > > Ingrid - sled
> > > Pat - lead
> > > Julie - bead
> > > Julie - dead
> > > Winks - head
> > > Alex and Mary - held
> > > Wilna - weld
> > > Des - wild
> > > Paddy-gild
> > > Kalpana - gold
> > > Shamilla - sold
> > > NIRVANA - COLD
> > > Niren - Hold
> > > MICHELLE - TOLD
> > > Ronelle - Toll
> > > Roberta - Tall
> > > Viloshni - Talk
> > > Samantha - Tale
> > > Penny - Male
> > > Janice rale
> > > Camilla - Rule
> > > Cavn - Rile
> > > Charlene - Wile
> > > Charmaine - Life
> > > Carmen - Lift
> > > Chimonique - Left
> > > Christien - Loft
> > > Saartjie - Loot
> > > IK - Lost
> > > SC - Lose
> > > rudolph - dose
> > > Christie - seed
> > > Paul - Need
> > > Dave - Weed
> > > Frank - Weep
> > > Pat - Deep
> > > Margery - Seep
> > > Eileen - Seek
> > > Claire - Meek
> > > Sue - Meet
> > > Linda - Meat
> > > Amanda - Meal
> > > Natalie - Deal
> > > Lynne - Seal
> > > Fran - Teal
> > > Linda - Tear
> > > Jenny - Bear
> > > Jan - Year
> > > Elaine - Pear
> > > Alexia - Peat
> > > Christel - Beat
> > > Adrienne - Bear
> > > Liz - Beer
> > > Dorothy - Beef
> > > Libby - reef
> > > Linda - reel
> > > Barbara----real
> > > Linda -- read
> > > Jane - bead
> > > Pat - beam
> > > Nancy- seam
> > > Jayne - team
> > > Diana -tear
> > > Norm - teal
> > > Barbara - seal
> > > Jane - seat
> > > Arilla - beat
> > > Bill - heat
> > > Ed - hear
> > > John - Bear
> > > John T - sear
> > > Marg- tear
> > > Betty- teat
> > > Marg teas
> > > Sandy-peas
> > > April-peat
> > > Joelle-neat
> > > CĂ©Jle- feat
> > > Vera-feet
> > > Linda- fees
> > > Mary Jane - bees
> > > Louise - beet
> > > Yvonne - beep
> > > Jacquie - keep (it going.........................)
> > > April - Kelp
> > > Maria- help
> > > Genevieve - held
> > > Laurie - Head
> > > Sue - heal
> > > Karen- peal
> > > Jenn - Teal
> > > Gay - Seal
> > > Chancie - Seam
> > > Tammy - Seem
> > > Kathy- Seek
> > > Laura- Leek
> > > Tammy - Like
> > > Toni - Bike
> > > Arlene-Hike
> > > Linda - Hire
> > > Kathleen - Wire
> > > Kim- Were
> > > Cristy-Here
> > > Kim B - Hero
> > > Krista - zero
> > > Karen - Nero
> > > Rhonda - Nerd
> > > Val - Herd
> > > Martin - Hard
> > > Rob - Lard
> > > Randy - Lark
> > > Al - Mark
> > > Rita - bark
> > > Muriel - barn
> > > Lynne - burn
> > > Janet - turn
> > > Jamie - turf
> > > Carol - Turk
> > > Angela - lurk
> > > Catherine - lure
> > > Christine - cure
> > > Sylvie - pure
> > > Laurie - pore
> > > Susan - bore
> > > Sue- born
> > > Chris - corn
> > > Janet - cork
> > > Kathy- conk
> > > Sheila - honk
> > > Anne - monk
> > > Sharon-mink
> > > Vanesa - Mint
> > > Tonia - Lint
> > > Garry - Line
> > > Jo - link
> > > Jan - kink
> > > Liz - King
> > > Sue - kine (as in cattle)
> > > Anne - mine
> > > Gina - wine
> > > Suzanne - fine
> > > Rachel - dine
> > > Chris- pine
> > > Diane - Ping
> > > Margaret - King
> > > Mary - Kind
> > > Eileen - mind
> > > Hilary - rind
> > > Heather-bind
> > > Susan Williams - bond
> > > Chris Jones - bong
> > > Terry - song
> > > Steve - mong (A mong being the fact that my Mother sooo could have had bonk!!!)
> > > Donna - gong
> > > Lavinia - long
> > > Fiona - lung
> > > Debbie - bung
> > > Debbie K - bang
> > > Sally-Ann - gang
> > > Shannon - fang
> > > Kathy - Bang
> > > Silvana - Bank
> > > Wolfgang - Band
> > > Michelle- Rand
> > > Caro - rant
> > > Mara - rank
> > > Geoff - rink
> > > Mark - sink
> > > Jeanette - pink
> > > Sue - wink (which is what pink (above) makes the boys do)
> > > John - Wine
> > > Laura - Wing
> > > Michelle - ring
> > > Lisa - Sing
> > > Steve - Ping
> > > Dean - Ding
> > > Rosalyn - Ling (yes it is a word!)
> > > Wal - Line
> > > Michelle - Pine
> > > Nicole - Pile
> > > Leah - File
> > > Angela - Fuel
> > > Adele - Feel
> > > Robyn- Fell
> > > Pops-Bell
> > > Jenny-Belt
> > > Shirley - Best
> > > Leena - Nest
> > > Karishma - Test
> > > Beverly - Rest (I could do with some..........)
> > >  Charmaine - Pest
> > > Cassandra - Post
> > > Seshni - Lost
> > >  Bhuven - Lest
> > > Muthu - Last
> > > Akashnee- cast
> > > Susan - Cash
> > > Ceri - Lash (that took me about 5 minutes to come up with!)
> > > Cindy - Lush
> > > Shamane - Lust
> > > Juna - Bust
> > > Ilse - Dust
> > > Linda - Duet
> > > Mimi - Duel
> > > Calphurnia - Dual
> > > Mathilda - Dial
> > > Martin - Vial (a small container)
> > > Rita - Sial (and yes it does come out of the dictionary) - I couldn't find it!
> > > Marilyn - Siam (country)
> > > YOLANDE - slam
> > > TRISTAN - Slap
> > > Hazel - clap
> > > LEE-ANN - CRAP
> > > MARILOO - CRAM
> > > Toni- CLAM
> > > Angela - LAMB
> > > Cindy - Clam
> > > Patricia - clay
> > > Wendy - play
> > > Nicolle - plan
> > > Bianca- lane
> > > Laura - cane
> > > Amanda - pane
> > > Kelley - pine
> > > Amy - mine
> > > Alli - fine
> > > Maria - dine
> > > June - wine
> > >
> > > Caitriona - line
> > > Siobhan - life
> > > *Anita - lime*
> > > Marie - live
> > > Jackie - jive
> > > Bob - dive
> > > Trish - dove
> > > Chris - move
> > > Edel - mode
> > > Claire - Code
> > > Amy - Rode
> > > Audrey - Rose
> > > Kristin - Rope
> > > Laura-Dope
> > > Kim-Pope
> > > Fiona - Pole
> > > Miriam - Mole
> > > Iseult - Sole
> > > Anne - sold
> > >
> > >
> > Ruth-gold
> > Christina - geld

> Tomas - gels
Francis - eels