Ex-Spline This

A Brief History of Spline (not by Stephen Hawking)

Not much is known about the origin of this puzzle. It may have started in 1940 as an example of Anguished English given by H.L. Chace, a French professor who wanted to show his students how a foreigner's mispronounciation can distort English. For this purpose he wrote "Ladle Rat Rotten Hut" (Little Red Riding Hood). Later, I think in the eighties, the BBC broadcast the TV series "Allo, allo" which was set in France during the Second World War. Anguished English was used to show Englishmen speaking bad French.

In 1997 Bryan Wolf, Jeff Mincy and Bill Bussick started putting strange quotes up above a poster of Yoda (Star Wars) and this evolved into finding different ways to say "Do or do not, there is no try" (finally they came up with, "Due war dune ought, their his note rye"). They called these constructions "splines", and started splining famous movie quotes. Splines (also called oronyms) bear a strong resemblance to a new game called "Mad Gab".
I think splines are really fun, but they require good concentration and creativity. The collection presented below is mostly quotes from movies or other well-known sayings and was contributed by the three friends.

How do these Splines work?

The puzzles are based on the idea of replacing one text with another so that it sounds the same when read aloud. The Sound-sentence (red) must at least consist of good recognisable English words; names are also allowed. The most elegant spline is one in which both the sound-sentence and the source-sentence have an understandable meaning, but this is not a rule.

Elegant example:
MY CROWS OFTEN DOZE
translates to:
MICROSOFT WINDOWS

Second example:
WEAR RAVEL THUG HOOD THYMES SCONE
translates to:
WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD TIMES GONE

Now you try these Splines...
Don't look at the answers too quickly - you will get the hang of it if you give it a try.

AISLE BIDE AT FOE RAID ALL OUR	Answer 1
LIE FIZZ LYE CAB OX OFF CHALK LITS	Answer 2
DUE WAR DUNE OUGHT THEY'RE HIS NOTE RYE	Answer 2
WARN AWE TIN CANS SASS AN KNEE MOWER TOTE OWE	Answer 4
WATT TIS SURE MAY GERM AL FUNK SHIN	Answer 3
WON POLK AN CHAIN CHORE LIE IF	Answer 4
TEQUILA MACH KING BURRED	Answer 4
LOOSE HE JEW COTS OHMS PLAIN INTO DUE	Answer 4
HI MA DOCKED TORN AUGHT TAB RICK LAY HER	Answer 4
GAY MOE FIRM ANNE	Answer 5
EYE YAM SAW REED A VIE MA FREY DIKE ANT TOOTH HAT	Answer 6
THE CZAR ANT THUD ROY CHORE LUCK KING FORE	Answer 7
IDS GNAW TATTOO MORE	Answer 8
REESE'S STANCES FEW THAI ILL	Answer 9
IDLE IKE TUBE HI THOUGH WHIRL DECK OAK	Answer 10
SAT FACE SIRS FORCE TON	Answer 11
WOOD JEWEL HIKED HOOP LEIA GAY MUFF JESS	Answer 12
THIS SAUNAS GUY WOK HER MA SNOT BEE CALM MADGE ED EYE	Answer 13
AWL MAY KIM MAN AWE FURRY CAN TREE FUSE	Answer 14
THEIR HEADS OWN KNEES FURLOW DEAN AND DONE LOW DEAN KNOWN LEE	Answer 15
EYE HAY TILL ANNOY KNOTS EASE	Answer 16
KEY PINNED HUTCH	Answer 17
GOES BUZZ STIRS WAR EDDIE TUBE ALI VIEW	Answer 18
THIEF OR SWILL BEA WIT HEW AWL WHEYS	Answer 19
AWE STALL LOVE EAST TUB ABE BEE	Answer 19
MAY KIT SEWN NUMB BURR JUAN	Answer 19
WOK KEN TOOTH HELL HEIGHT CARE ROLL AN	Answer 19
FALL OATH A YELL LOBE RICK CORRODE	Answer 19
EAT HEAVE OWN GNOME	Answer 19
ACT SNUFF FIRM ARCS THUS POT	Answer 19
WHEE OUR THEN EYE ZOO SANE KNEE	Answer 19
HYMEN HEX ELLEN TRY FUR	Answer 19
WOOD DOES PIE P.M. SOLVE	Answer 19
TO BJORN OUGHT TO BE	Answer 19
WON WERE DOVE THE SKIT SOW TENTH HUSH ITS GUN UH IT DUFF AN	Answer 19
JEW WAX PECKED MEAT TOOT HOCK - GNOME MIST HERB ON DIE AX PECK CHEW TOOT EYE	Answer 19

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