tickle
Mar 1, 2009, 06:11 AM
This websites explains 'ghost words' which ae words within words:
www.jimwegryn.com/Words/GhostWord
What are ghost words ?
Boo?
tickle
Mar 1, 2009, 10:23 AM
Boo?
LOL LOLOLOLOL you are so quick on the draw !
This websites explains 'ghost words' which ae words within words:
www.jimwegryn.com/Words/GhostWord
Well, your link didn't work, so I had to think of something. :o
tickle
Mar 1, 2009, 10:45 AM
Well, your link didn't work, so I had to think of something. :o
Oh, well, then that sheds some light on your reply. Here is a bit of what the website stated:
Ghost Words
Some English words suggest the existence of other words, either their opposites or stem words, which are not real. These are ghost words. For example:
Aghast and ghastly — How come there is no such thing as ghast?
Akimbo — Is this the opposite kimbo; that is, standing with hands raised up?
Behead — Shouldn’t it be dehead instead?
Downtrodden — Is it better to be uptrodden?
Earnest — Is this what you are when you earn the most?
Echo — Why isn’t it echohohoho?
Eleven, twelve — Wouldn’t it make more sense if they were oneteen, twoteen?
Evening — Does this exclude the odd hours of the night, or the odding?
Gruesome — If it’s so bad, why isn’t it grueplenty?
Height — Why is it width, length, and breadth but not heighth?
Hijack — Would a hijill be a less violent crime?
Hitchhiker — Does he become a hitchrider when he gets a ride?
Howitzer — Was there ever a “whywitzer” or “whowitzer?”
Interrupt — Is this what connects the rupts?
Lukewarm — Why not a matthewwarm or paulwarm?
Manual — If stick-shifts are manual, are automatics womanual?