With an A, I might be a programming trick.
With an E, I'm really not sure.
With an I, I'm just a wee babe.
With an O, I'm often stopping.
With a U, I'm a guy you can meet.
What am I?
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Rand al'Thor
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Boringifying the vowelburger meme? – Bass Mar 17 '20 at 13:35
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1@Bass I prefer a natural, classical style to something stylised and "trademarked". Nobody owns the idea of a puzzle where different vowels go between the same consonants. – Rand al'Thor Mar 17 '20 at 13:37
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Hmm. Is there a word or letter sequence where most consonants can be exchanged. I know J,Q,X and Z might be very hard but others? – DrD Mar 17 '20 at 15:18
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@DEEM Dunno about most consonants, but you can make a puzzle with just a few. – Rand al'Thor Mar 17 '20 at 15:21
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@Randal'Thor I realised that you almost never mark an answer a correct before. Is there a reason for it? – Mar 20 '20 at 02:14
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@UnidentifiedX I've marked 210 answers as correct. – Rand al'Thor Mar 20 '20 at 12:28
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You are:
The letter sequence CHxCK.
With an A, I might be a programming trick.
CHACK - or rather, C HACK: what you might term a shortcut in the programming language 'C'.
With an E, I'm really not sure.
Well, if you're not sure then go and CHECK!
With an I, I'm just a wee babe.
A baby bird is a CHICK.
With an O, I'm often stopping.
A CHOCK is a wedge or block used to stop a wheel from rolling.
With a U, I'm a guy you can meet.
CHUCK is a male name.
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@Randal'Thor - As these kinds of riddles go: no, it wasn't an instant solve :) Just happened to be perusing the site when the puzzle popped up. Once I found I and O it seemed my idea had potential, but coming up against A gave me a few minutes' doubt before thinking my way around it! – Stiv Mar 17 '20 at 12:39
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Thinking your way around it ... one might say you found a hack to make it work. – Rand al'Thor Mar 17 '20 at 12:49