Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Found In Translation

Q:


There are many foreign words that are made simply by removing one letter from an English word.  For example, a stylish young woman would be a chic chick.  See if you can come up with the answers to these clues.



Holidays for the sopranos                    Spanish

Found on a trike                                 Spanish

Giant potato                                        German

Fight over money                                 Russian

A:


Holidays for the sopranos                 Divas'  Dias                    Divas' Days

Found on a trike                               Tres  Tires                      Three Tires

Giant potato                                      Uber  Tuber                    Super Tuber

Fight over money                               Ruble  Rumble                 Ruble Rumble

3 comments: