Here's my solution for the population of The Isle of Lost Soles:
Adam - atom
Adlai - ad lie
Archie - arch E
Ashby - ash bee
Ashley - ash lea (or Charlie below)
Barb - barb
Belle - bell
Bernie - burned knee
Betty - bet E
Bill - beak
Billy - police club
Blair - blare
Blaise - blaze
Bo - bow
Bobby - police officer
Bridgitte - bridge it
Brooke - brook
Buck - dollar
Bunny - rabbit
Carmen - car men
Carol - Christmas song
Charlie - charred lea (or Ashley above)
Charlotte - charred lot
Clifford - cliff ford
Connie - con E
Cy - sigh
Daisy - daze E
Dawn - dawn
Dolly - handtruck
Dusty - dust E
Ernest - urn nest
Frank - frankfurter
Gabby - gab E
Gail - gale
Gaylord - gay lord
Goldie - gold E
Hardy - hard E
Humphrey - hum free
Jack - lifting device
Jim - gym
Jules - jewels
Kermit - cur mitt
Kitty - poker pot
Knute - newt
Lacey - lace E
Leif - leaf
Lorry - truck
Lucille - loo seal
Lucy - loose E
Lulu - two loos (or Toulouse below)
Matt - pad
Melody - tune
Mike - microphone
Mikey - my key
Nicholas - nickel less
Noel - no L
Pat - of butter
Patty - patty
Peg - dowel
Penny - cent
Pierre - pea heir
Ricky - lime rickey
Robin - bird
Rod - fishing pole
Sandford - sand ford
Sherry - nutty wine
Stu - stew
Teddy - koala
Tom - cat
Ty - tie
Toulouse - two loos (or Lulu above)
Waldo - wall dough
Wilbur - will: burr
Wilhelm - will: helm
Will - will
William - will: yam
Willie - will: E
Wilma - will: ma
Wilton - will: ton
Winnie - whinny
Wolfgang - wolf gang
Woodrow - row of piles
Please send corrections to
[email protected].
(Thanks to Darryl O'Neill for the pea heir and alternative names
(Ashley, Toulouse)!)
Volker Blasius
