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A list of 760 words by sionnach.

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Change one letter in the title of an existing book, and create an entirely new literary work. Add a one-sentence comment, describing the new work.

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  • reesetee commented on the list change-one-letter

    Haha! Excellent, sionnach!

    January 28, 2008

  • gangerh commented on the list change-one-letter

    Wuthering Heights 40 years on.

    January 28, 2008

  • pomegranate commented on the list change-one-letter

    Hilarious damn list! Excellent!

    January 30, 2008

  • skipvia commented on the list change-one-letter

    What pomegranate said! I'm really enjoying this.

    January 30, 2008

  • sarra commented on the list change-one-letter

    There's a huge archive of these I've enjoyed for a while. Guardian Books Talk: Change one letter in a book title

    January 31, 2008

  • sionnach commented on the list change-one-letter

    Those Guardian list ones have a veddy British flavour. I didn't understand half of them.

    February 1, 2008

  • sarra commented on the list change-one-letter

    Good point — that first page alone has crivens, a Scotsism; Bold and Ariel, British detergent brands; Sadler's Wells, a theatre noted for ballet which has lent its name to a company of same; David Blunkett, an ex-(I think!)politician; the Territorial Army…

    February 1, 2008

  • reesetee commented on the list change-one-letter

    Sionnach, I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying this list. I can't tell you because I'm laughing too hard. :-D

    February 6, 2008

  • sionnach commented on the list change-one-letter

    You guys are on a roll today! I think my new favorite is "Paradise Rogained".

    February 14, 2008

  • ofravens commented on the list change-one-letter

    re: through the fooking glass -- I can take no credit for this, it's from the guardian books website that sarra linked to below, but I had to include it anyway because it made me laugh so hard I had to put my head down on my desk.

    April 8, 2008

  • paulajane commented on the list change-one-letter

    A Doom of One's Own

    April 28, 2008

  • paulajane commented on the list change-one-letter

    Naked Bunch

    Baked Lunch

    Naked Hunch

    April 28, 2008

  • sionnach commented on the list change-one-letter

    AS i have too many lists already, rather than start a new one, I will include these here. The challenge is to change one letter in a foreign loanword or phrase and provide a new definition. This is an (annual?) contest in Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper - the list below is compiled from winning entries over a few years.

    Actually, I think this first batch were submitted to a contest in New York magazine:

    HARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS? -- Can you drive a French motorcycle?

    EX POST FUCTO -- Lost in the mail

    IDIOS AMIGOS -- We're wild and crazy guys!

    VENI, VIPI, VICI -- I came, I'm a very important person, I conquered.

    COGITO EGGO SUM -- I think; therefore I am a waffle.

    RIGOR MORRIS -- The cat is dead.

    RESPONDEZ S'IL VOUS PLAID -- Honk if you're Scottish.

    QUE SERA SERF -- Life is feudal.

    LE ROI EST MORT. JIVE LE ROI -- The king is dead. No kidding.

    POSH MORTEM -- Death styles of the rich and famous

    PRO BOZO PUBLICO -- Support your local clown.

    MONAGE A TROIS -- I am three years old.

    FELIX NAVIDAD -- Our cat has a boat.

    HASTE CUISINE -- Fast French food

    VENI, VIDI, VICE -- I came, I saw, I partied.

    QUIP PRO QUO -- A fast retort

    ALOHA OY -- Love; greetings; farewell; from such a pain you should never know.

    MAZEL TON -- tons of luck

    APRES MOE LE DELUGE -- Larry and Curly got wet.

    PORTE-KOCHERE -- Sacramental wine

    ICH LIEBE RICH -- I'm really crazy about having dough.

    FUI GENERIS -- What's mine is mine.

    VISA LA FRANCE -- Don't leave your chateau without it.

    CA VA SANS DIRT -- And that's not gossip.

    MERCI RIEN -- Thanks for nothin'!

    AMICUS PURIAE -- Platonic friend

    L'ETAT, C'EST MOO -- I'm bossy around here.

    July 14, 2008

  • sionnach commented on the list change-one-letter

    This second batch are the Canadian ones:

    Stout le monde: Is everyone getting fatter these days?

    Tour de forcep: a long and difficult birth

    Inter alias: among other false names

    Smuchas gracias: thanks for the kisses

    Chile con carnet: permission to emigrate

    Armor vincit omnia: Tanks beat everything

    Patter familias: I recognize your footsteps

    Coupe d'état: government limo

    Tubermensch: Mr. PotatoHead

    In vino verbitas: Drunks talk too much

    Souse-chef: cooking with alcohol

    Squid pro quo - Who ordered the calamari?

    Bad lib - Something you regret having improvised

    Lad infinitum - Peter Pan

    Sine qua neon - Nothing if not flashy

    Semper fidelist - long-time Castro supporter

    July 14, 2008

  • chained_bear commented on the list change-one-letter

    Hi sionnach... These examples don't really belong on this list, but they were funny enough I thought you'd appreciate them.

    Edit: I made a list for them here.

    August 30, 2008

  • chained_bear commented on the list change-one-letter

    "If Beasts Were Breasts in the Bookstore."

    September 3, 2008

  • reesetee commented on the list change-one-letter

    Congrats on being List of the Year!

    January 9, 2009

  • PossibleUnderscore commented on the list change-one-letter

    Cool list. It's no wonder it was list of the year!

    July 21, 2009

  • ruzuzu commented on the list change-one-letter

    I adore this list.

    November 8, 2012