Puzzle September 28, 2008
From Eric Berlin of Milford, Conn.:
Name a popular dessert that has two syllables, in which the vowel sound in the first syllable is
a short E. Change this to a long A, and phonetically you'll name a famous singer. Who is it?
How to Solve the Puzzle With Code
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to solve this one with code.
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I wasn't able to get any good lists of desserts, and the ones I did get
didn't have Jello in them.
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While I was able to get lots of celebrity lists, the ones I used didn't
have the abbreviation 'J-Lo'.
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In any event, the simple pronunciation rules I was trying to use (in order
to convert a long A sound to a short E sound) would not pronounced
'J' the same as 'jay'.
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