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Alaska Opens New Civic Center -- The Palindrome, J. James Mancuso
Alaska Opens New Civic Center -- The Palindrome, J. James Mancuso
Word Ways
After six years, work was completed today on the latest in state capital convention centers. The brainchild of Alaska governor Sarah Palin, the new center will be a key asset in Juneau's bid to become a destination for associations holding conventions in popular tourist destinations. This sparkling new civic center, known as the Palindrome, lies in the heart of downtown Juneau on Kayak Street across from the headquarters of Snow Bank.
Around The World In 80 Limericks, W. E. Brandt
Around The World In 80 Limericks, W. E. Brandt
Word Ways
A collection of limericks about geographic regions and locations.
It's Elementary, Steve Kahan
It's Elementary, Steve Kahan
Word Ways
The periodic table provides the backdrop for the thirty examples presented below. Each word in the list is the result of replacing a single letter in the name of a chemical element with another and permuting the ensuing collection.
Vanilla Vaginas: Strange Bedfellows, A. Anil
Vanilla Vaginas: Strange Bedfellows, A. Anil
Word Ways
It's often surprising, even amusing, when unlikely words turn out to be related etymologically, such as vanilla and vagina (pod, sheath). Some of those here seem so unlikely you're unlikely to believe me and will wan to look them up yourself for confirmation or details. Admittedly many pairings are of composite words that share a common root in only part of the word(s). But the two halves of the hyphenated words listed here count separately.
Organization, Steve Kahan
Organization, Steve Kahan
Word Ways
General practitioners are virtually things of the past. When something ails us today, we invariably consult with a specialist whose area of expertise is a particular part of the human anatomy. The twenty words that follow represent close facsimiles of some bodily organs in need of reconstructive surgery. In fact, substituting a new letter for another in each given word will expose such an organ after appropriate rearrangement is performed. To illustrate, TAROT would be transformed into AORTA after a "T" is removed and replaced by an "A".
A Word Of Difference, J. James Mancuso
A Word Of Difference, J. James Mancuso
Word Ways
A selection of neologisms starting with the letters A & B.
Instructions To Authors
Word Ways
Instructions to authors wishing to contribute to the publication.
The Essential E, Richard Lederer
The Essential E, Richard Lederer
Word Ways
About the letter E I am enthusiastic, enchanted, ecstatic, exhilarated, ecstatic, exuberant, ebullient, and effervescent. Ah, those wonderful words that begin with E: In their early lives, enthusiastic meant "possessed by a god," enchanted "singing a magic song," ecstatic "in a trance, exhilarated "made thoroughly cheerful," exhuberant, and ebullient and effervescent, "overflowing, boiling over, spouting out." E is truly a godlike letter that magically entrances, cheers our spirits, and bubbles over.
Counting, Sir Jeremy Morse
Answers And Solutions
Word Ways
Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue.
Word Ways Magic, Martin Gardner
Word Ways Magic, Martin Gardner
Word Ways
This trick is based on a paper-fold idea by Max Maven that I included in my Sterling book Mental Magic. It occurred to me that "Word Ways" applied nicely to the trick.
Numerical Charades Part 2, Susan Thorpe
Numerical Charades Part 2, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
Part 2 of Numerical Charades examines words which can be split into groups of letters whose numerical totals make numerical series when the letters are assigned a = 1, b = 2 ... z = 26. The series below fall into one of two categories. They are either progressive numerical charades in which successive numbers increase; or regressive numerical charades in which successive numbers decrease. Progressive and Regressive series other than consecutive numbers are also considered.
Creating Inclusive Learning Communities For Ell Students: Transforming School Principals' Perspectives, Kathryn Brooks, Susan R. Adams, Trish Morita-Mullaney
Creating Inclusive Learning Communities For Ell Students: Transforming School Principals' Perspectives, Kathryn Brooks, Susan R. Adams, Trish Morita-Mullaney
Scholarship and Professional Work – Education
School-level administrators are often concerned about tertiary supports for English language learners (ELLs), such as translating signs and school documents or offering Spanish classes for their teachers. Although modeling and learning the heritage language(s) of the ESL population can be helpful, its focus on language differences can limit our considerations of broader systemic challenges that impact the success of ELLs in our schools. This article shares the dialogues that school administrators are having about ELL students and discusses the use of social justice and equity focused professional learning communities as a way to transform this discourse to address the broader …
Latin American Immigrants In Indianapolis: Perceptions Of Prejudice And Discrimination, Antonio V. Menéndez Alarcón, Katherine B. Novak
Latin American Immigrants In Indianapolis: Perceptions Of Prejudice And Discrimination, Antonio V. Menéndez Alarcón, Katherine B. Novak
Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
The article focuses on immigrants’ interactions with the Indiana natives, with emphasis in the city of Indianapolis and its suburbs. More specifically, this study aims at providing an understanding of the experiences of Latin American immigrants with special attention to perceptions of prejudice and discrimination and to feelings of social exclusion. A substantial proportion of Latin American immigrants interviewed indicated that they considered Indiana natives to be prejudiced and that they had personally experienced discrimination. The study reveals specific examples of discrimination experienced by the immigrants at the work place, in housing, in stores, restaurants and by various service providers. …
From The Editor: Strategies For Renewal And Re-Engagement, Julie Miller
From The Editor: Strategies For Renewal And Re-Engagement, Julie Miller
Scholarship and Professional Work
At the 2008 WALE conference in Olympia, I gave a presentation titled "Moving Forward in Your Job (Even if You Want to Stay in One Place)." I thought fifteen, maybe twenty, people who were fairly new to library work and interested in changing position classifications would show up. Surprisingly, the room was packed. I spoke from an administrator's point of view about two aspects of employees: level of competence and degree of engagement with their work. Some employees have low competence but high engagement ("newbies" fall into this category); others have high competence and high engagement (AKA "shining stars"). Can …
Front Cover And Publication Information
Front Cover And Publication Information
Word Ways
Front cover and publication information for this issue, including the table of contents.
Natural Order, Sir Jeremy Morse
The Odd Homonym Attack - A New Figure Of Speech, Solomon W. Golomb
The Odd Homonym Attack - A New Figure Of Speech, Solomon W. Golomb
Word Ways
Not to be confused with the classical ad hominem attack, our new odd homonym attack consists of replacing the target's actual name with an unflattering homonym. Here are a few examples.
It's Not Easy Being Mondegreen, Don Hauptman
It's Not Easy Being Mondegreen, Don Hauptman
Word Ways
As every card-carrying recreational linguist knows, a mondegreen is a mishearing: a phrase that has been misconstrued, usually with humorous results.
Color Blind - 1, Steve Kahan
Color Blind - 1, Steve Kahan
Word Ways
While it seems as if the list below is comprised or unrelated words, things are not so black and white here. In fact, this collection is abundantly colorful if you can see through the camouflage. In each instance, you are asked to remove one unspecified letter from what is given and rearrange the remaining letters to reveal a hidden hue. Thus, the excision of "H" from HERD yields RED when the letters E, R, and D are permuted. Performing this type of reconstructive surgery twenty times will reveal the true colors of this quiz.
Numerical Charades Part 1, Susan Thorpe
Numerical Charades Part 1, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
The division of a word into 2 or more groups of letters, each group forming another word, is called charades. BEDEVIL = BED+EVIL. The division of a word into groups of letters which, when assigned their numerical positions in the alphabet, provide group totals which, together, have a generic numerical structure, can therefore be referred to as numerical charades.
Book Review: The Great American Fortune Cookie Novel, Karen Farrell
Book Review: The Great American Fortune Cookie Novel, Karen Farrell
Word Ways
A book review for Dave Morice's The Great American Fortune Cookie Novel.
Definitive Acrostics, A Anil
Definitive Acrostics, A Anil
Word Ways
These are 'backward' acronyms. Instead of abbreviating a given phrase or company name, etc, they start with the abbreviation given, usually a single word, and use its letters as the initial letters of a phrase created to define or relate to the word. Ideally, no words in the acronym should be related to the head word etymologically.
Look Back!, A. Ross Eckler
Look Back!, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
Over the years Word Ways has displayed a varied logological corpus. In this column I revisit forgotten ideas, connect seemingly-disparate concepts, and suggest further investigation.
Magic Spells, Jeremiah Farrell
Magic Spells, Jeremiah Farrell
Word Ways
Magic spelling tricks have a special appeal to those of us with a passion for recreational linguistics and mathematics. Provided or course that they are well done. This means that mathematics should be subtle (sometimes the performer does not even fathom it) and the denouement should be dazzling. In a recent letter to us Martin Gardner indicated his top two choices. He was commenting on his Word Ways article "An Amazing Spelling Trick."
"It's My Centennial!" Said Tom Swiftly, Richard Lederer
"It's My Centennial!" Said Tom Swiftly, Richard Lederer
Word Ways
Starting in 1910, boys grew up devouring the adventures of Tom Swift, a sterling hero and natural scientific genius created by Edward Stratemeyer. Many of Tom's inventions predated technological developments in real life -- electric cars, seacopters, and houses on wheels. In fact, some say that the Tom Swift tales laid the groundwork for American science fiction.
Rhyming, End-To-End-Palindromic Verse, Jim Puder
Rhyming, End-To-End-Palindromic Verse, Jim Puder
Word Ways
Rhyming, end-to-end-palindromic (RETEP) verse is a relatively recent development in palindromic composition. As its name indicates, RETEP verse is to be distinguished from other varieties of rhyming palindromic verse in which whatever palindromicity exists is not of the end-to-end kind. RETEP verse is arguably the most sophisticated and ambitious form of palindromic writing ever attempted, and it is certainly one of the more challenging ones to try to compose.
Kickshaws, Dave Morice