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Chemical Improvements, Edward R. Wolpow
Chemical Improvements, Edward R. Wolpow
Word Ways
I recently purchased a Franklin Crosswords Puzzle Solver (Model CW-40). It is startling to look at this object, the size of a playing card, and watch it carry out tedious searches from an enormous Merriam-Webster vocabulary, with a button-press.
Real Word Squares, Leonard Gordon
Real Word Squares, Leonard Gordon
Word Ways
Here are word squares made up of 3-frag words, Taking 165,000 words from length 9 through 13, I found that 5,780 can be broken into 3 common-word fragments. They use 2,578 of the 7,1000 2,3,4 and 5-letter allowed frags to produce 21 squares.
A Word-Watcher's Abecedary, Christopher Mcmanus
A Word-Watcher's Abecedary, Christopher Mcmanus
Word Ways
We folk etymologists have a cardinal rule: never look up unfamiliar words in the dictionary! One can invariably guess their meaning by context and syllabic division alone. Besides, only by this method could anyone intuit the nature of eponymous creatures such as the following.
Compound Fractions, Peter Newby
Compound Fractions, Peter Newby
Word Ways
The Oxford English Dictionary defines logology as "the science of word" and Dmitri Borgmann playfully adopted the term to describe certain aspects of his wordsmithery. Since then, it appears to have been misapplied to all and every form of recreational linguistics. I feel that, in the Borgmann tradition, it should be restricted to the pseudo-academic wordplay that the founding editor of Word Ways pioneered so brilliantly, but "not" at the expense of the conventional word-based arguments he also graced with his genius, nor any other inventive wordplay which came from his impish pen.
A Challenge Answered, Darryl Francis
A Challenge Answered, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
Dave Morice's November 1994 Kickshaws referred to a challenge suggested by the late Tom Pulliam. Based on the sum of all its letter-values (assigning A=1, B=2, and so on), each word has a certain value (DEBUT=52, DUCHY=61). Tom Pulliam had enquired of Dave Morice how long a list of consecutive numbers may be formed in this way. Dave pointed out that such a list would have to start with the word A(=1_ and be followed by AA(=2), BA (=3) and ABA (=4).
The People In Slanguage, Leonard R. N. Ashley
The People In Slanguage, Leonard R. N. Ashley
Word Ways
Long before Elijah McCoy invented the lubricating device which gave us the expression the real McCoy, long before Kilroy was here, names crept into common speech and formed an interesting aspect of slang. How many of the following catch phrases, all containing names, can you explain? What do people mean when they say these?
Egdopegdoh, John Ferguson
Egdopegdoh, John Ferguson
Word Ways
The list of words below is made up of five categories, each category with twenty entries and having its own rule. Place 99 words in front of the 99 entries, and then, after placing the proper 100th word in front of OPERA, show where it belongs on the list. Try first the ten (easier) words given in boldface.
An Early Work On Palindromes, Herbert Pfeiffer
An Early Work On Palindromes, Herbert Pfeiffer
Word Ways
Books dedicated expensively to the subject of palindromes are very rare. One in great demand is the book "Palindromes" by G. R. Clarke (Glasgow, David Bryce & Son, 1887). Some years ago, Dmitri Borgmann told me in a letter that his firm. Research Unlimited, had not been able to find a copy of the book, and he doubted that it ever really existed.
We Authors Present By Pen, Susan Thorpe
We Authors Present By Pen, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
The title is an amalgam, an anagram of the names of the joint authors who propose the term as a reasonable neologism for all such constructions of this type. Whilst it is not intended to restrict the term to anagrams of pairs of folk, nevertheless we considered that such a subject had much potential: we argued long into the telephonic night as to which pairings we might submit for your delight or critical comment!
Ants Are All Over, Robert C. Layton
Ants Are All Over, Robert C. Layton
Word Ways
This is a story of an enchanting young man, Anthony Santiago, an immigrant from Antwerp, who became a very important contributor to our society as a result of his penchant for inventions. He was responsible for the development. He created a safety lantern for use in anthracite mines, a sextant that received world-wide acclaim, and he helped perfect a disinfectant for commercial use.
Proper Names, Improper Uses, Oren N. Dalton
Proper Names, Improper Uses, Oren N. Dalton
Word Ways
Leonard R. N. Ashley presented a quiz titled "The Proper Name in the Proper Use" in the February 1995 issue of Word Ways. I worked it. I did my best, and although my answers differ somewhat from Ashley's anyone who has (or has had) a teenage daughter and/or son will surely agree that my answers come as close to the mark (whoever she is) as Ashley's.
One More, Elvis, A. Ross Eckler
One More, Elvis, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
In the February 1993 Word Ways, Darryl Francis embedded 45 rearrangements of the letters EILSV in various dictionary words and proper names. If one doesn't insist that the letters be adjacent in a word, all 120 rearrangements can be spelled out in words. In the list below, I have restricted myself to boldface words (including inferred forms such as plurals) found in Webster's Second or Third, giving preference whenever possible to solid entries such as pELVIS or convuLSIVE.
Answers And Solutions
Word Ways
Answers and solutions to the puzzles and games contained in this issue.
Logogensis, Alan De Wenzer
Logogensis, Alan De Wenzer
Word Ways
Logogenesis n. the creation of new words, neologistics.
The "V-14" Problem, Dmitri A. Borgmann
The "V-14" Problem, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
In a previous article, we explored the problem of finding 14-letter words and names beginning with the letter C and alternating their consonants and vowels regularly: words such as COLONIZABILITY and CAPACITATIVELY. Although C is a very common first letter in English words and we exerted herculean efforts, we were able to find only 14 single, solidly-written words conforming to the conditions imposed on the problem, and 12 two-word terms. Those conditions excluded obsolete, dialectal, slang, and colloquial words, and outright coinages.
The Elemental Game, Susan Thorpe
The Elemental Game, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
Various aspects of 'elemental' wordplay have appeared in previous issues of Word Ways in "An Elemental Problem" in February 1978, Dmitri Borgmann noted that LIVERS was an anagram of SILVER, NONE of NEON, ADORN of RADON, and DALE of LEAD, and that PLATINUM was A TIN LUMP! IN February and August 1971, Mary YOungquist, Philip Cohen and Murray Pearce substituted an element for its symbol in a word to make another, elemental, word. This operation turned Sated into SULPHURated, FEy into IRONy, AGed into SILVERed, CUed into COPPERed, and, an excellent internal one, baSis into baSILICONs. To these we now …
Is It A Satiety? Yes!, A. Ross Eckler
Is It A Satiety? Yes!, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
The may 1994 Word Ways exhibited a set of sentences constructed by National Public Radio listeners, each using only two consonants. This sequel shows how respondents treated one of the most frequently-chosen combinations.
Stinky Pinkies: The Real Mccoy, A. Ross Eckler
Stinky Pinkies: The Real Mccoy, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
A stinky pinky is a two-word rhyming phrase such as FLOWER POWER or HAIRY LARRY. "Buzzwords" (Crown Publishers, 1993), a survey of occupational jargon by John Davis, is packed with examples which he claims are genuine but which, to my ear, sound made up by clever wordsmiths rather than working stiffs. Here is a sample (one per occupation) of the most apt. After each stinky pinky its user is given, followed by the translation. Cover the capitalized words below and see if you can reconstruct them from the translation alone.
Abbreviations Without Ambiguities, A. Ross Eckler
Abbreviations Without Ambiguities, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
Suppose that one wishes to replace the words in a commonly-used list by abbreviations in order to save space in texts. How should the abbreviations be chosen in order to avoid confusion? At first blush, it would appear sufficient to ensure that each abbreviation is distinct form the others. But this is not enough; one should also require that (1) the abbreviation be formed according to specified rules, and (2) under those rules, the abbreviation could have been formed from only one member of the list.
Some New Palindromes, John E. Connett
Kickshaws, David Morice
Scottish And Irish Elements Of Appalachian Fiddle Music, Matthew S. Emmick
Scottish And Irish Elements Of Appalachian Fiddle Music, Matthew S. Emmick
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
This paper is designed to serve as a general introduction to the topic and is not meant to be a definitive resource. The ideas presented here deal with general characteristics which serve as a basis for comparison of the three fiddle styles. A more in-depth study which examines stylistic traits peculiar to small geographic regions within Scotland, Ireland, and Appalachia is needed to give a more complete picture of the Celtic influence on the fiddle traditions of the Southern mountains.
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 28 Issue 1
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 28 Issue 1
Word Ways
Front cover and publication information for this issue.
A Word Graph Bestiary, Leonard Gordon, A. Ross Eckler
A Word Graph Bestiary, Leonard Gordon, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
Spell out a word by connecting its different letters by lines, as illustrated in the left for WHICH and THAT. Allowing repeated traverses of the connector lines. NOTION traces out the WHICH graph; SENSE traces out the THAT graph. Allowing dwell on each doubled letter, BEETLE traces out the WHICH graph: SEEKS just as they can by their letter patterns. AREA has the same pattern as THAT. ORDER and VERSE have the same pattern as WHICH.
The World's Worst Dictionary, Christopher Mcmanus
The World's Worst Dictionary, Christopher Mcmanus
Word Ways
From any standard dictionary, we minimally expect the complete inclusion of basic words, consistency in choice of further entries, and evidence of general care in proofreading. To appreciate these qualities' importance, consider a small dictionary notable for their prodigious absence. I refer to Webster's Dictionary of the English Language: Handy School and Office Edition (HSOE). My copy is a red paperback volume, a revised edition published in 1979 by Book-Craft Guild, Inc., New York. A nearly-identical hardback edition bears a 1976 publishing date.
Introduction To Word Graphing, Leonard Gordon
Introduction To Word Graphing, Leonard Gordon
Word Ways
Fig la is a S-graph (S for simple). It contains the number names FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE through NINETEEN, TWENTY, THIRTY, FORTY, FIFTY, SIXTY, SEVENTY, EIGHTY and NINETY. The letter Y joins the letters F, S, and E, thus allowing the compounds TWENTY-FOUR to NINETY-EIGHT -- 40 compounds, 64 names in all.
Linguistic Thoughts At Random, A. Ross Eckler
Linguistic Thoughts At Random, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
Below, dear reader, you will encounter perhaps the longest English-language literary isogram ever constructed: every word therein is unique. While reading, please watch carefully for inadvertent duplications (hopefully, they appear impossible to find).