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The nearly the same game - up date

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I thought it a good idea to put all the entries on one page. You can add any new ones without having to scroll down through pages of them to see what others had written. Sorry I forgot that you can't "edit" my thread,

Here they are:

Ogre – Ogro

modo – mode

acceptable - aceptable

mediana – median

gorilla -gorila

maíz – maize

correcto - correct

mota = mote

problema - problem

éxito = exit

garaje – garage

ocre – ochre

profesor – professor

tenis – tennis

proyector – projector

uso – use

rancho – ranch

tomate – tomato

possible – possible

es- is

ridiculo---ridicule

perfect---perfecto

Lion—Leon

echo - eco

tempest - tempesta

verb - verbo

torment - tormento

torment - tormenta (storm)

May – mayo

como - come. very different meanings though

japón-Japan

incredible – increible

Pianista – Pianist

Piloto – Pilot

Artista – Artist

Experimento – Experiment

Victima – Victim

parcel - parcela (of land)

intellectual - Intellectual

All these from naeempyro !!!

A Absolute = absolute

Abundant = Abundante

Abuse = Abuso

Adult = Adulto

Accident = accidente

Air = aire

Alarm = alarma

Archives = archivos

Baby = bebé

Bacteria = bacterias

Balcony = balcón

Brilliant = brillante

Bronze = bronce

Cabin = cabina

Cadet = cadete

Caffeine = caffeina

Calorie = caloria

Cannibal = cannibal

Capitalist = capitalista

Carbon = carbono

Cement = cemento

Centre = centro

Circuit = circuito

Clinic = clinica

Complete = complete

Copy = copia

Crime = crimen

Debit = débito

Decade = década

Defect = defecto

Defence = defense

Definition = definicion

Democrat = democrata

Demonstrate = demonstrar

Dentist = dentista

Dialog = dialogo

Economic = economico

Edition = edicion

Effect = efecto

Efficient = efficiente

Elect = electo

Electric = electrico

Element = elemento

Exact = exacto

Excuse = excusa

Extreme = extreme

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updated Feb 16, 2010
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
good job, Ian, let's see if it catches on, I will then close the older thread. - 00494d19, Feb 15, 2010
efecto only one f - juluque, Feb 15, 2010
víctima not victim - juluque, Feb 15, 2010
prefesor (never use ss in Spanish) niether tt or ff - juluque, Feb 15, 2010
All done thanks. - ian-hill, Feb 15, 2010

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La Chaqueta - Jacket

La Botela - Bottle

El Tigre - Tiger

El Jersey- Jersey

El Hockéy - Hockey

La Pizza- Pizza

El Triángulo - Triangle

El óvalo- Oval

La Bicicleta - Bicycle

El Hospital - Hospital

El Hotel - Hotel

La Turquesa- Turqoise

Some of these aren't only one letter change but still very similar. The list could go on and on and on and on and on and on and... Jeje cheese

updated Feb 15, 2010
posted by April-Sarah
Maybe another game April - as Calvo almost suggested above - cognates. :) - ian-hill, Feb 15, 2010
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We could go for days with this one. A huge percentage of Spanish has English cognates.

Días Days

Porcentaje Percentage

Español Spanish

Inglés English

Cognado Cognate

updated Feb 15, 2010
posted by CalvoViejo
que es cognado? - juluque, Feb 15, 2010
One letter chnge only Calvo - but it is an idea for another game :) - ian-hill, Feb 15, 2010
cognados son palabaras "con nacidas". Es decir, palabras que son casi iguales en ambos idiomas (vienen del mismo idioma, usualmene latín en nuestra conversación) - CalvoViejo, Feb 15, 2010
I guess I missed the rules, so this post is invalid. Please ignore. - CalvoViejo, Feb 15, 2010