The Riddle Game

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DarkStrider is correct!

 

My first is in sound, but not in thunder.
My second is in noise, but not in poise.
My third is in outrage, but not in grater.
My fourth is in whimper, but not in whisper.
My fifth is in squash, but not in squelches.
My sixth is in mutter, but not in murmur.
My seventh is in gosh, but not in gasp.
My eighth is in yelp, but not in yell.
My ninth is in hoarse, but not in harsh.
My tenth is in eerie, but not in fairy.
My eleventh is in bliss, but not in bless.
My last is in splat, but not spilt.

What Am I ?

 

Onomatopoeia, if that's spelled right, though not the letters suggested.

 

Yes it is, passes maglite to Kuemper. I noticed after you said that it does cheat the ninth letter is the oe dipthong it does have both letters in the answer, you could just use an e though.

 

What work is it that the faster you work,
The longer it is before you're done
And the slower you work,
The sooner you're finished?

 

I believe that's known as temping.

 

Any job you're paid to do--you work fast, they give you more to do, you work slow, you get your ass fired...

 

It's not a job of sorts. It has to do with food.

 

Waiting ?

 

Something you cook.

 

Some food with inverted cooking time. Perhaps something that only cooks at low temperatures... like what?

 

A roast pig on a spit.

 

And AllDevourer is the winner! Roasting meat of any kind is correct. What a great first post.

 

I don't understand that at all. What do you mean the faster you work the longer it is before your done? Faster is faster.

 

When you cook something fast, you tend to burn the food so it takes longer to cook because you need to clean up, start over and wait. Ever hear of Haste makes waste?

 

That doesn't make any sense because it therefore applies to everything that you try to do in a hurry.

 

Most things can be done quickly and still well, but with roasting all you can do to cut the time is up the heat, and that's a screwup right there.

 

No, with roasting animals, if you spin it on the stick, the faster you spin, the longer it takes to cook, because you are moving the section that is getting cooked away too quickly. If you let each side sit for a little while, it'll cook faster.

Of course, thats for roasting on a spit.

 

Coming across this on accident, I figured I'd go ahead and do it. So . . . riddle, riddle . . . here's one:
In a kingdom long ago and far away there was only one punishment for any crime - death. But they were a fair people and let you choose your form of execution. You would make one statement, and if it was true, you would be hung; if it was false, you would be shot. Yes they had guns long ago and far away. Anyway, one man was found guilty, made his statement, and they had to set him free. What did he say?

 

He didn't say anything, so therefore, it couldn't be true nor false, so he could be neither hung nor shot.