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Old Wine In New Bottles, Mary J. Youngquist
Old Wine In New Bottles, Mary J. Youngquist
Word Ways
The following abstracts from the Journal de la Mere Oye are translations from the original into language more readily understood by those well-versed in the art. Some readers may have made an early encounter of these abstracts in the original form, but the scientific principles involved were probably not entirely elucidated.
Four Out Of Five, Murray R. Pearce
Four Out Of Five, Murray R. Pearce
Word Ways
In Beyond Language (p. 279) Dmitri Borgmann says, "... (The) word AZOXY is a milestone of sorts in the field of wordplay: if we write the alphabet along the circumference of a circle ... then four of the five letters in AZOXY -- the letters X, Y, Z, A -- appear consecutively in our circular alphabet. Very few, indeed, are the five-letter words that can make such a claim!" Mr. Borgmann was referring to The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary where AZOXY is given as the first part of the two-word entry AZOXY COMPOUND. We can accept AZOXY as a word …
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.
To The Fair Fluke!, M. H. Greenblatt
To The Fair Fluke!, M. H. Greenblatt
Word Ways
Captain Ahab put the spyglass down on the ship's table with a grunt of satisfaction. There was no doubt about it; the indistinct pale shape on the starboard horizon was Moby Dick. Was his long search at an end? Hastily he uncorked a bottle of rum and poured its contents into a tumbler. Raising this in the direction of the distant whale, he murmured to himself "A toast - to the fair fluke!"
Ten Logotopian Lingos (Part 2), J. A. Lindon
Ten Logotopian Lingos (Part 2), J. A. Lindon
Word Ways
Spoonerian, Transposian, Numbo-Carrean, Liquidian, Explodian, Newspeak.
A Crucial Quiz, Darryl Francis
A Crucial Quiz, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
Somewhile ago, we took part in a contest where those participating had to find as many words as possible ending with the letter X that could be found in the thirteen-volume Oxford English Dictionary. This particular contest was inspired no doubt by the fact that the contest sponsor's name, that of a major British breakfast cereal manufacturer, ended with the letter X. The contest ran for just three days -- not a great deal of time in which to search through the 16,400 pages of the OED. Nevertheless, after the three days were up, we had compiled a rather extensive …
Pluralities (Part 2), Ralph G. Beaman
Pluralities (Part 2), Ralph G. Beaman
Word Ways
Welcome back to the wonderful world of Pluralities. Did you notice Additional Plurals in Part 1 was incomplete?
Simpler Riten English Is Posibl, Kenneth H. Ives
Simpler Riten English Is Posibl, Kenneth H. Ives
Word Ways
English speech has drifted away from correspondens to its spelling. Efforts to reform spelling have ocurd since 1554, with only partial success. As a result, a recent study found over 500 spellings in use for the 41 common sounds in English words. Thus it is claimed there would be precedent for 613,975 different spellings of one particular word, one of which is pphoughtluipsh. This looks foolish -- & is, for it uses the spellings of sounds in sapphire, through, hustle, build & pshaw.
Megalosesquipedalia, Ralph G. Beaman
Megalosesquipedalia, Ralph G. Beaman
Word Ways
Silent Logologists everywhere, Arise! Speak out! Be heard! A most disturbing and sinister event has occurred. SOMEONE has unilaterally decreed the end to megalosesquipedalia!
A Literary Word Chain, Mary J. Youngquist
A Literary Word Chain, Mary J. Youngquist
Word Ways
The November 1970 issue of Word Ways challenged readers to write articles in which the last letter of each word was echoed by the first letter of the next word. A recent blizzard inspired the following poetical word chain.
Instructions To Authors
Word Ways
Instructions to authors wishing to contribute to the publication.
Vowel Trigrams, Delphi Knoxjaqzonville
Vowel Trigrams, Delphi Knoxjaqzonville
Word Ways
In the August and November 1969 Word Ways, Ross and Faith Eckler presented a list of common trigrams that can be found in English words. They deserve congratulations, along with their helpers, for undertaking what, initially, must have appeared to be a Herculean task. They managed to track down 6,500+ of the 17,576 possible trigrams.
Answers And Solutions
Word Ways
Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue.
Websterian Weirdies, Darryl Francis
Websterian Weirdies, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
In the course of our logological ramblings, we have noticed a number of strange entries in both the Second and Third Editions of Webster's New International Dictionary. The purpose of this article is to draw the reader's attention to some of these strange entries. To be more precise, we are going to pose a number of questions and let the reader have the pleasure of trying to answer them.
Front Cover, Publication Information
Front Cover, Publication Information
Word Ways
Front cover, Publication information, Table of contents
Pluralities (Part 1), Ralph G. Beaman
Pluralities (Part 1), Ralph G. Beaman
Word Ways
These are all plurals. Do they look strange? Welcome, to the wonderful world of Pluralities.
Redmen For Well-Read Men, Leonard R. N. Ashley
Redmen For Well-Read Men, Leonard R. N. Ashley
Word Ways
A couple of years ago I addressed the annual meeting of the American Name Society on "Rockomastics: The Names of Popular Musical Aggregations" and in the February 1968 Word Ways I took up "Musical Nouns of Multitude" from the Supremes to the Strawberry Alarm Clock. What I now call petronymics (the names of rock groups), however, seems to be related to the names of some of the oldest inhabitants of America. Below are the English translations of the common names of Indians of North and South America (in parenthesis, the language that has furnished us with the name we use …
Hep-Vocab, Jean Hall
Hep-Vocab, Jean Hall
Word Ways
The students in my composition classes at Ball State University help lessen the verbal generation gap between their generation and mine by updating my vocabulary. Below are some words and expressions which have been assigned new meanings and vice-versa. Match the meanings (few of which are recorded in a dictionary -- even a dictionary of slang) to the expressions and see how wide the gap is between your generation and theirs. Answers are given in the Answers and Solutions at the end of this issue.
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Front Cover, Publication Information
Word Ways
Front Cover, Publication Information, Table of Contents
Acrostic Poems: Poe's Cosmic Art?, Walter Shedlofsky
Acrostic Poems: Poe's Cosmic Art?, Walter Shedlofsky
Word Ways
The following poems illustrate various forms of word-play. A common acrostic thread (the title is spelled out by the first letters of the various lines) unites all the poems; however, each poem contains additional features of logological interest. The reader should have no difficulty in discovering the unique feature of the first poem.
I See You, 'N Double You, Henry Petroski
I See You, 'N Double You, Henry Petroski
Word Ways
When asked to spell his name, Will Wood would willfully respond with "Double U - I - Double L, Double U - Double O - D". Imperturbable clerks would, with surprising accuracy, dutifully write down Will Wood. You wonder, however, about the decipherment of, say, a Mr. Ruud's reply. Does his "R - Double U - D" exist in county records as Ruud or Rwd?
The Name Game, Darryl Francis
The Name Game, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
In the February 1968 Word Ways, the very first issue, there was an article concerned with the names of pop groups. Not so long ago, we were looking back through the list of group names which had been presented in that article. Times certainly do change! Three years ago a name like the Mindbenders or the Boxtops may well have been au courant. But now many of the names on that list are about as amazing and as fresh as the day before yesterday's newspaper. Many of the names seem downright quaint.
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.
A Statename Chain, Darryl Francis
A Statename Chain, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
Often, while searching through atlases and gazetteers of the United States, we have been surprised at the number of communities which possess names identical with various states. For example, there is a town called OREGON in Holt County, Missouri, and there is a MAINE in Davie County, North Carolina. We felt that here was a logological phenomenon worth investigating further.
Six Vowels, Two Of The Other, Delphi Knoxjaqzonville
Six Vowels, Two Of The Other, Delphi Knoxjaqzonville
Word Ways
Words and names exhibiting high concentrations of vowels have always held a particular fascination for us. We were delighted to see in the August 1968 Word Ways an article in which Dmitri Borgmann presented a list of seven-letter words having five, six and seven vowels in most of the positional combinations possible. The length of seven letters was undoubtedly chosen because a similar list of six-letter words would have been too easy to compile while a similar list of eight-letter words would have been very much more difficult to compile. Seven letters then was chosen as a nice happy medium …
An Adventure Into The Unknown, Dmitri A. Borgmann
An Adventure Into The Unknown, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
For the dedicated logologist, it has always been an article of faith that every English word and name can be transposed into some other word or name, or into a cohesive group of words functioning as the equivalent of a single word or name, imparting a unified meaning, clearly and grammatically. For a word or name to defy transposition would be an act of treason, so to speak. With such defiance virtually unthinkable, the validity of the belief itself has never been put to an objective test.
Leapin' Lizards -- L.O. Annie, Ralph G. Beaman
Leapin' Lizards -- L.O. Annie, Ralph G. Beaman
Word Ways
Have you ever wondered about the credited quotes in Webster's Third New International Dictionary? Webster's assures us they are "contemporary quotations from well-known people and publications." Close examination of the dictionary itself, however, reveals they are a bewildering diversity, not necessarily either "contemporary" or "well-known".
Ten Logotopian Lingos (Part 1), J. A. Lindon
Ten Logotopian Lingos (Part 1), J. A. Lindon
Word Ways
Palindromian, Dodecanian, Frascarian, and Nosetailian.
The Case Of The Ambiguous Cipher, A. Ross Eckler
The Case Of The Ambiguous Cipher, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
... As I trudged up the hall steps of 221 B Baker Street, my attention was drawn to the door of our flat. Someone had written the letters QZHDF LPCIE OAKXC MRVMT in chalk across the upper panels. I had not the least idea what this mysterious message meant, but concluded that it might be some sort of cipher.