# Change one letter in one word and wreck an entire sentence

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 26, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581 "2009-02-26T23:40:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/41 "2009-02-27T18:30:16Z")

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I really like your mutt.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/42 "2009-02-27T18:35:03Z")

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I really like your mute.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/43 "2009-02-27T18:53:37Z")

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I really like your lute.

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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/44 "2009-02-27T18:58:12Z")

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The lamb spew we had for lunch has made my afternoon altogether strange.

The dog’s bark alarmed the steeping children and they were unable to go back to sleep.

I wish I had planked the garden better.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/45 "2009-02-27T19:01:03Z")

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I wish I had planked the garden butter.

George saw that Bob had never been there.

My pup is better than yours.

Nobody really knows anything, do they?

Cecil is, of course, the Perfect Master.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/46 "2009-02-27T19:07:01Z")

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George saw what Bob had never been there.

My pud is better than yours.

Nobody really knots anything, do they?

Cecil is, of course, the Perfect Masher.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/47 "2009-02-27T19:08:59Z")

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George saw what Bob had never beet there.

My mud is better than yours.

Nobody really snots anything, do they?

Cecil is, of course, the Perfect Masker.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/48 "2009-02-27T19:11:57Z")

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George saw what Bob had never bent there.

My mud is wetter than yours.

Nobody really snows anything, do they?

Cecil is, of course, the Perfect Marker.

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/49 "2009-02-27T19:31:54Z")

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George saw that Bob had never bent there.

My cud is wetter than yours.

Nobody really shows anything, do they?

Cecil is, of course, the Perfect Farker.

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**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/50 "2009-02-27T19:55:32Z")

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Going back to the poor pup, no-one actually managed to meet Zsldar’s challenge. So…

Th_ **y** _ brown puppy walked into the corn field and played with the snake that was lying on the rock.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/51 "2009-02-27T20:05:20Z")

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> [@MHaye](#):
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> Going back to the poor pup, no-one actually managed to meet Zsldar’s challenge. So…

I see what you did there.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/52 "2009-02-27T21:25:02Z")

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Thy brown puppy walked into the corn field and played with the Snape that was lying on the rock.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/53 "2009-02-27T21:26:01Z")

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Thy brown puppy walked into the corn field and played with the Snape that was lying on the **rook**.

George saw that **Bib** had never bent there.

My **cod** is wetter than yours.

Nobody really **chows** anything, do they?

Cecil is, of course, the Perfect **Farter**.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/54 "2009-02-27T21:43:58Z")

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New Challenge:

\*\* The Pope made his sermon to the crowd and invoked a story from Dante about the pillars of peace. \*\*

How long before this can be made blasphemous? Or at least pornographic?

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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/55 "2009-02-27T23:09:31Z")

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The dope made his sermon to the crowd and invoked a story from Dante about the pillars of peace.

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/56 "2009-02-28T02:18:43Z")

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The dope made his sermon to the crown and invoked a story from Dante about the pillars of peace.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/57 "2009-02-28T02:33:22Z")

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George saw that Bib had never lent there.

My bod is wetter than yours.

Nobody really chaws anything, do they?

Cecil is, of course, the Perfect Farted.

The mope made his sermon to the crown and invoked a story from Dante about the pillars of peace.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/58 "2009-02-28T03:09:27Z")

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> [@Kat](#):
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> **Santo** is evil, you know.

Santa is evil, you know.

The mope made his sermon to the clown and invoked a story from Dante about the pillars of peace.

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/59 "2009-02-28T05:03:07Z")

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Santa is evil, you knot.

The mole made his sermon to the clown and invoked a story from Dante about the pillars of peace.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/487581/60 "2009-02-28T05:29:54Z")

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Santa is evil, you knob.

The mole made his sermon to the clown and invoked a story from Dante about the pillars of place.

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