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Words Into Numbers, Darryl Francis Feb 1977

Words Into Numbers, Darryl Francis

Word Ways

In our article "Cardinal Transposals" in the November 1975 issue of Word Ways, we sought transposals for each of the number-names from ONE to TWENTY (by tens, from TWENTY to ONE HUNDRED). Many of these words were rare or obsolete, last used centuries ago. If one is permitted to add one or more letters before transposing, it is possible to locate much more common words corresponding to the number-names.

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Cycle Structure Of Words, Walter Penney Feb 1977

Cycle Structure Of Words, Walter Penney

Word Ways

The letters of a word can be numbered alphabetically, i.e. the letter of the word occurring earliest in the alphabet can be assigned the number 1, the next letter 2, etc.

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Pangram Variations, A. Ross Eckler Feb 1977

Pangram Variations, A. Ross Eckler

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Pangrams -- sentences in which each letter of the alphabet is used exactly once -- have been around for many years. Although a definitive article on their history has never, to my knowledge, been written, attempts to create pangrams go go back at least a century.

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A Near-Miss 10-By-10 Word Square, A. Ross Eckler Feb 1977

A Near-Miss 10-By-10 Word Square, A. Ross Eckler

Word Ways

Recent articles by Doug McIlroy in Word Ways have demonstrated the value of the computer in discovering previously-unknown 6-by-6 double word squares and 7-by-7 word squares composed of relatively common words. Can the power of the computer be directed to the considerably more difficult task of finding an English-language 10-by-10 word squares?

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Hard-To-Find Words In Web 3 (T-Z), Ralph G. Beaman Feb 1977

Hard-To-Find Words In Web 3 (T-Z), Ralph G. Beaman

Word Ways

List of hard to find words.

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Kickshaws, Charles W. Bostick Feb 1977

Kickshaws, Charles W. Bostick

Word Ways

Kickshaws is currently being assembled by a series of guest editors. All contributions should be sent to the editor in Morristown, New Jersey.

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Nuts, Maxey Brooke Feb 1977

Nuts, Maxey Brooke

Word Ways

It began innocently enough. Phil was sitting at his desk chewing something.

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Answers And Solutions Feb 1977

Answers And Solutions

Word Ways

Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue.

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The Last Word Feb 1977

The Last Word

Word Ways

To use an overworked phrase, I have both good news and bad news to report to the readers of Word Ways.

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Back Cover Feb 1977

Back Cover

Word Ways

Back cover of this issue.

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Cover And Publication Information Feb 1977

Cover And Publication Information

Word Ways

Front cover and publication information for this issue.

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Homophone Pairs, Charles W. Bostick Feb 1977

Homophone Pairs, Charles W. Bostick

Word Ways

Variant pronunciations of words are more common than variant spellings. And just as dictionaries try to reflect accepted spellings, so also do they give common pronunciations. They seldom, of course, catch local accents, twangs, intonations or cadences.

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Front Cover, Publication Information Nov 1976

Front Cover, Publication Information

Word Ways

Front Cover, Publication Information, Table of Contents

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Goodbye, Hob Collingwood, Ralph G. Beaman Nov 1976

Goodbye, Hob Collingwood, Ralph G. Beaman

Word Ways

Logol O. Gist shuffled the cards clumsily, hoping to disarm his opponent, Sneaky Pete Redey. This was the winner-take-all showdown hand, with deuces wild.

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What's The Good Word?, Philip M. Cohen Nov 1976

What's The Good Word?, Philip M. Cohen

Word Ways

"What is an acceptable word?" has been the topic of a number of Word Ways articles. Answers range from "a Pocket Dictionary main entry" (for certain problems) to "anything remotely wordlike" (see "The Ultimate Adventure" elsewhere in this issue). I think, however, that it makes more sense to change the question to "what is acceptability?" noting that (1) words vary in acceptability, (2) the "unacceptability" line will be drawn at different points in the continuum by different people, or for different problems, and (3) a word's acceptability has at least two dimensions, centrality and reliability, which depend strongly on …

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The Poet's Corner Nov 1976

The Poet's Corner

Word Ways

From time to time, Word Ways receives a variety of short poems related to recreational linguistics, some original, others previously published. As poetic output cannot be easily predicted, these will be presented on an irregular basis.

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Badding Practise In Cennerfield?, Allan Sly Nov 1976

Badding Practise In Cennerfield?, Allan Sly

Word Ways

Many years ago I heard a recorded lecture entitled "Good Speech." I have forgotten the advice it contained, but if that speaker were here today I think he would have to start all over again. I think he would suggest a new approach to vowel sounds. A, E, I, O, U are our written vowels, but our sounding vowels are thirteen in number, and are used in this sentence.

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Colloquy Nov 1976

Colloquy

Word Ways

Webster's Dictionary defines colloquy as mutual discourse. Readers are encouraged to submit additions, corrections and comments about earlier articles appearing in Word Ways. Comments received up to a month prior to publication of an issue will appear in that issue.

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Eight-Letter Two-Pair Words, A. Ross Eckler Nov 1976

Eight-Letter Two-Pair Words, A. Ross Eckler

Word Ways

Jack Levine's three volume listing of Websterian words grouped according to their letter-patterns (such as EXCESS and BAMBOO) is an almost inexhaustible treasure-trove of linguistic curiosa. In this article, we focus upon one-thirtieth of his total corpus: the 15,054 eight-letter words in which two letters appear twice each and four letters appear once each.

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5-By-5 Palindromic Word Squares, M. D. Mcilroy Nov 1976

5-By-5 Palindromic Word Squares, M. D. Mcilroy

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A 5-by-5 palindromic word square is one in which the first word is a reversal of the fifth word, the second is a reversal of the fourth, and the third is a palindrome. The most famous of these squares, the Latin one given at the right, can be translated "Arepo the begetter (or sower) holds the wheels with care". It has been found on ancient walls and on amulets for safe childbirth; there is an extensive literature discussing its religious or mystical significance (see, for example, pp. 207-210 of Dmitri Borgmann's Language on Vacation (Scribner's, 1965)).

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A Collacon On "Collacon", George H. Scheetz Nov 1976

A Collacon On "Collacon", George H. Scheetz

Word Ways

Mellen and I were exploring the depths of logology one day, when she suddenly stopped short, and uttered a single word, "collacon."
"'Collacon?' My dear Mellen --- ?"
"That," she replied, "is your challenge!"

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The Heteroliteral Raven, A. Ross Eckler Nov 1976

The Heteroliteral Raven, A. Ross Eckler

Word Ways

A variation on Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven."

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The Ultimate Adventure (Part 2), Dmitri A. Borgmann Nov 1976

The Ultimate Adventure (Part 2), Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

In this issue of Word Ways, I present 131 distinct transposals of the letters AEGINRST according to the principles discussed in the August 1976 Word Ways. Foreign language transposals, which are presented first, are followed by a label identifying the language. An asterisk preceding a word, name, or other term identifies it as being in the inferred, but nevertheless authentic, classification. Except where a dictionary source has been specified, all of the words are common enough to be found in almost any dictionary of the language in question. All abbreviations are spelled out in full at the end of this …

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Hard-To-Find Words In Web 3 (P-T), Ralph G. Beaman Nov 1976

Hard-To-Find Words In Web 3 (P-T), Ralph G. Beaman

Word Ways

A list of hard-to-find words.

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Kickshaws, Darryl Francis Nov 1976

Kickshaws, Darryl Francis

Word Ways

Kickshaws is being assembled by a series of guest editors during Dave Silverman's sabbatical in 1976. During the year, all contributions and comments should be sent to the editor in Morristown, N.J.

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Answers And Solutions Nov 1976

Answers And Solutions

Word Ways

Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue.

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Vowel Symmetry, Maxey Brooke Nov 1976

Vowel Symmetry, Maxey Brooke

Word Ways

Arrange the letters of the alphabet in columns of two.

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An Anagram Anniversary, Jezebel Q. Xixx Nov 1976

An Anagram Anniversary, Jezebel Q. Xixx

Word Ways

The nation is now observing the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It behooves logologists to commemorate the occasion in their own, inimitable fashion: by exhibiting a collection of the finest anagrams ever devised on subjects surrounding the birth of the United States of America.

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Turkish Delight, Jay Ames Nov 1976

Turkish Delight, Jay Ames

Word Ways

The following list of English-looking Turkish words has been compiled from two sources: Alderson and Fahir Iz's Oxford Concise English-Turkish Dictionary (1959), and Urdant's Random House English Language Dictionary (1968). A few capitalized words (given names, geographical place names) have been included. None of the words has the same meaning in Turkish and English. Because most people are unfamiliar with Turkish, the Turkish meaning of each word is given in parenthesis.

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Instructions To Authors Nov 1976

Instructions To Authors

Word Ways

Instructions to authors wishing to contribute to the publication.

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