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A Further Divination Guide, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1986

A Further Divination Guide, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

In the May 1982 issue of Word Ways, Paul Hellweg presented a list of 124 English words designating various forms of divination. All of the terms lested ended in the combining form -MANCY, whic specifically means "divination."

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Colloquy Feb 1986

Colloquy

Word Ways

A collection of responses to previously published articles.

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Ripley Unmasked, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1986

Ripley Unmasked, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

In the November 1978 Word Ways, Darryl Francis reviewed a limited-circulation book by Alfred Lubran entitled Unitotolinearsyllabification.

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A Sociologological Note, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1986

A Sociologological Note, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

The increase in the number of individuals of Hispanic ancestry living in the United States in recent years has been paralleled by a corresponding increase in the number of English nouns and noun phrases designating such individuals. So far, no dictionary and no combination of dictionaries has kept pace with this growing segment of the English language.

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Answers And Solutions Feb 1986

Answers And Solutions

Word Ways

Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue

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Taming The Tautonym, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1986

Taming The Tautonym, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

A Tautonym or reduplication is a word or name consisting of two identical parts, one following the other - a term such as OO, KAKA, ELEELE, RAHURAHU, XIQUE-XIQUE, TANGANTANGAN, OR KANDIRI-KANDIRI. The latter, by the way, is a musical bow of the Balese of the Congo, with the tuning loop but no resonator (Sibyl Marcuse, Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary, Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964). The term REDUPLICATION is just as redundant as tautonyms give the impression of being, for its meaning adds exactly nothing to that of the simpler word DUPLICATION.

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From Rags To Riches...And Beyond, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1986

From Rags To Riches...And Beyond, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

In the August, 1984 issue of Word Ways, John Henrick took the pedestrian phrase FROM BIRTH TO DEATH, and presented twenty more colorful equivalents for it, including such phrases as FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE, FROM BASKET TO CASKET, and FROM SQUALL HEARERS TO PALL BEARERS. Each of the equivalents was logologically interesting, using such devices as alliteration, rhyme, transposition of consonant sounds, metaphor, and/or metonymy.

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Know Thyself, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1986

Know Thyself, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

The September 1973 issue of the Reader's Digest challenged its readers to name ten parts of the body spelled with three letters each. The magazine predicted that few readers would be able to think of more than seven three-letter parts. The ten names it had in mind, as I recall, were ARM, EAR, EYE, GUM, HIP, JAW, LEG, LIP, RIB, AND TOE.

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Quelque Chose, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1986

Quelque Chose, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

Depicted at the left is a set of seven English words and/or names. All have been taken from the Second and Third Editions of the unabridged Merriam-Webster. All are complete with the exception of the first letter, which has been left open. Can you supply the seven missing letters needed to complete the diagram? Of course you can!

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Back Cover Feb 1986

Back Cover

Word Ways

The back cover of the issue, including instructions to authors and subscribers.

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The Terre Hall Mystery, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1986

The Terre Hall Mystery, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

Reproduced below is one version of a nine-by-nine word square the Darryl H. Francis presented in the May 1981 issue of Word Wyas. It was a revised form of one orignially constructed by Palmer Peterson, one of the great formists of the National Puzzlers' League, and perhaps an improvement on the original.

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Webster's Fourth: Another Review, Dmiti A. Borgmann Nov 1985

Webster's Fourth: Another Review, Dmiti A. Borgmann

Word Ways

The year 1985 will long be remembered for the logological event of the century: the publication in Springfield, Massachusetts of the 4th Edition of Webster's Unabridged. Priced attractively at only $1395 (plus sales tax, where applicable), Webster's Fourth New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged comes in the form of 20 large volumes,

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What Do You Call A Naked Grizzly?, Richard Lederer Nov 1985

What Do You Call A Naked Grizzly?, Richard Lederer

Word Ways

Homophones are words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Examples of sound-alike words are flair and flare, colonel and kernel, and poor, pore and pour. Here is a puzzle designed to test your ear for homophones.

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Ars Magna: The Ten-Square, Jeff Grant Nov 1985

Ars Magna: The Ten-Square, Jeff Grant

Word Ways

Word squares have always fascinated me. From an early age I took delight in devising regular 3-by-3 and 4-by-4 squares, perhaps to the detriment of a few well-meaning teachers, who mistook my linguistic activities for doodling. Undeterred by these knockbacks, I continued to practise the forbidden art, being more careful not to get caught.

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Dictionaries And Podism, Don Laycock Nov 1985

Dictionaries And Podism, Don Laycock

Word Ways

Podism? Foot-fetishism, perhaps, or a branch of chiropody? Neither: podism is a state of mental bias, like sexism and racism. Podism is the attitude that all civilization, science, and culture origniated in the Northern Hemisphere, and continues to be confined to that hemisphere. The derivation of my neologism will become clear when I say that I am an antipodist.

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The Case Of The Perfect Pangram, Robert N. Test Nov 1985

The Case Of The Perfect Pangram, Robert N. Test

Word Ways

Inspector Ashley Halsey slammed down his copy of the newspaper as he heard a loud knock at the door of his tiny office. "Confound it," he muttered angrily. "Can't a man take a few minutes to finish solving a crossword puzzle!" Reluctantly, he swiveled his huge body in his chair to reach the doorknob.

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Colloquy Nov 1985

Colloquy

Word Ways

A collection of responses to previously published articles.

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On The Birth (And Death?) Of A Word, Michael Smith Nov 1985

On The Birth (And Death?) Of A Word, Michael Smith

Word Ways

In this article I offer a brief anecdote, one which shows that the English language (like any living language) is always changing, that it grows at the local and even at the personal level, and that many of the new "growths" bloom quickly, like some exotic flower, and can fade just as quickly.

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Webster's Fourth: A Review, Edward R. Wolpow Nov 1985

Webster's Fourth: A Review, Edward R. Wolpow

Word Ways

1909, 1934, 1961 ... from this series, one might predict that the fourth edition of the Merriam-Webster Unabridged will appear in 1990. Alas, this is no Halley's comet. According to the August 1985 issue of Games magazine, The Merriam-Webster editorial director flatly state "there are no plans for such a work", and a noted lexicographer and editor doubts that there ever will be: "uneconomical...an unabridged simply doesn't sell enough copies". This article and the following one present two wistful (or, perhaps, wishful?) views of this unlikely work.

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Subtransposals From A To Z, Kyle Corbin Nov 1985

Subtransposals From A To Z, Kyle Corbin

Word Ways

Recently, a large publication offered a first-rate word contest, giving word buffs from around the world an opportunity to enjoy their pastime for profit. Some 700 people entered the contest, and the winners included Rod P. Selden and myself. After the contest, Selden (a stranger to me) detailed his approach to the contest in an article in the November 1984 Word Ways. Upon reading his article, I was so intrigued by the differences in our strategies and scores that I contacted him to discuss them further. I then contacted most of the other winners. In this article, I compare …

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Long Isograms (Part 3), Dmitri A. Borgmann Nov 1985

Long Isograms (Part 3), Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

In the first two parts of this article, I have presented perfect specimens of isograms, pair isograms, trio isograms, etc. It is now time to present various specimens which, although flawed in one way or another, are sufficiently meritorious to display to an eargerly-waiting world. These fall into two catagories: near-isograms that fail to qualify by virtue of a single extra letter, and pair isograms in which certain letter-pairs are repeated.

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Kickshaws, Benjamin G. Zimmer Nov 1985

Kickshaws, Benjamin G. Zimmer

Word Ways

A collection of linguistic kickshaws.

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Back Cover Nov 1985

Back Cover

Word Ways

Back cover.

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Answers And Solutions Nov 1985

Answers And Solutions

Word Ways

Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue.

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Food Fads, Dmitri Borgmann Nov 1985

Food Fads, Dmitri Borgmann

Word Ways

One of the nice things about many foods is that, if you don't like them, you can transform them into other foods, possibly more to your taste, simply by way of letter rearrangement.

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Detective Acrostics, Harry Eiss Nov 1985

Detective Acrostics, Harry Eiss

Word Ways

The acrostic is an ancient form of verse in which the initial letters of a word, phrase, or line spell a key word.

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Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 18 Number 4 Nov 1985

Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 18 Number 4

Word Ways

Front cover and publication information for this issue, including a table of contents.

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Uh-Huh, Maxey Brooke Nov 1985

Uh-Huh, Maxey Brooke

Word Ways

"An interjection used to indicate an affirmative answer." So defines the Random House Dictionary. It also defines "uh-uh" as the opposite of "uh-huh". Webster's Second defines it in almost the same words but does not define "uh-uh". The Oxford English Dictionary defines neither word but does define "uh". American Heritage simply ignores the whole thing.

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Palindromania, Dave Morice Nov 1985

Palindromania, Dave Morice

Word Ways

A few years ago, I was a palindrophobiac. Although palindromes were majestic constructions to read, they seemed too majestic for me to construct. I had a fear of writing them.

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Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 18 Number 3 Aug 1985

Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 18 Number 3

Word Ways

Front cover and publication information for this issue, including a table of contents.

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