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A Dictionary Of Common Trigrams, A. Ross Eckler, Faith W. Eckler Nov 1970

A Dictionary Of Common Trigrams, A. Ross Eckler, Faith W. Eckler

Word Ways

The conclusion of the list of common trigrams.

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Kickshaws, David L. Silverman Nov 1970

Kickshaws, David L. Silverman

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Readers are encouraged to send their own favorite linguistic kickshaws to the Associate Editor (note new address). All answers appear in the Answers and Solutions at the end of this issue.

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Answers And Solutions Nov 1970

Answers And Solutions

Word Ways

Answers and solutions to the puzzles presented in this issue.

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Instructions To Authors Nov 1970

Instructions To Authors

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Instructions to authors wishing to contribute to the publication.

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Back Cover Nov 1970

Back Cover

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Back cover of this issue.

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Christmas Illustration, John Mcclellan Nov 1970

Christmas Illustration, John Mcclellan

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An illustration for the holiday season.

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A Tight Squeeze, Louis B. Delpino Nov 1970

A Tight Squeeze, Louis B. Delpino

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Many beginning writers are easily disheartened when their work is criticized for that inevitable tyro vice, wordiness. Others, indignant over what they consider to be an impugnment of their artistic sensitivity, ignore all admonitions to tighten up their styles, choosing instead to continue at the ration of one sentence per ream of paper. Still others, intent on pleasing their mentors, plunge immediately into the kind of ellipticism that would make J.P. Donleavy seem like a chatterbox. The following hypothetical situation concerns such a fellow.

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More Multiple-Letter Words, Darryl Francis Nov 1970

More Multiple-Letter Words, Darryl Francis

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In the February 1969 issue of Word Ways, Dmitri Borgmann presented an article entitled "The Multiple-Letter Word Hunt" -- a search for the shortest English words containing exactly four of each letter of the alphabet. He suggested that I might like to compile a similar list of words containing five of each letter of the alphabet. Obviously, many of the words in such a list must be drawn from other reference works besides the Second and Third Editions of Webster's Dictionary. My list (omitting the entries for J, Q and V) is given below.

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Six-Letter Numerical Tautonyms, Leslie E. Card Nov 1970

Six-Letter Numerical Tautonyms, Leslie E. Card

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After reading the article by Darryl Francis on numerical tautonyms in the February 1970 Word Ways, I became interested in the possibility of building one or more word squares consisting of two-part six-letter tautonyms. Since this could not be done with the 45 words listed in his article, I began a systematic search for more, and the list given below is the result.

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The Logology Class In Transposal, Ralph G. Beaman Aug 1970

The Logology Class In Transposal, Ralph G. Beaman

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Are you aware, quizzed The Teacher, the longest transposal in English is DECHLORINATIONS - ORNITHOSCELIDAN?

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Jesus, The Punster, Faith W. Eckler Aug 1970

Jesus, The Punster, Faith W. Eckler

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As a Sunday School teacher I am frequently asked by my pupils whether Jesus had a sense of humor. There is, naturally, no real proof one way or the other, but I usually fall back on citing one or two well-known instances when Jesus apparently intentionally made a pun.

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A Tale Of Cities And Towns, Leslie E. Card Aug 1970

A Tale Of Cities And Towns, Leslie E. Card

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If you are finding it a bit monotonous to put Dateline, Anywhere, U.S.A. on every letter you write, why not consider moving to some place with a more intriguing name? How about Rabbit Hash, located in Boone County, Kentucky -- or Yum Yum, located in Fayette County, Tennessee? Many people are aware of the fabulous variety of placenames to be found in the United States, but few logological studies have been made upon them. The purpose of this article is to give some hint of the many different word studies which might be carried out; perhaps some readers of Word …

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A Charade Crossword, Ernst T. Theimer Aug 1970

A Charade Crossword, Ernst T. Theimer

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Of all crossword puzzles, I find the charade crossword the most enjoyable. In this type of crossword, the clues do not directly define the word to be found. The word is buried as a charade in a sentence; for example, the word outing is contained in the seventh, eighth and ninth words of the sentence "It costs money to keep a runabout in gas, every young man soon learns." If this sentence were presented as the clue, the solution would be relatively simple. Instead, the word is removed from the sentence, and a new clue sentence (or set of sentences) …

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Instructions To Authors Aug 1970

Instructions To Authors

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Instructions to authors wishing to contribute to the publication.

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Front Cover, Publication Information Aug 1970

Front Cover, Publication Information

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Front Cover, Publication Information, Table of Contents

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Mystery News, Dmitri A. Borgmann Aug 1970

Mystery News, Dmitri A. Borgmann

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Does reading the daily paper sometimes leave you utterly baffled? Do you feel that you actually know less afterwards than you did before?

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A Biblico-Botanical Problem, Dmitri A. Borgmann Aug 1970

A Biblico-Botanical Problem, Dmitri A. Borgmann

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Here is a word problem which should remind you, at least vaguely, of a popular form of word puzzle featured for many years in a well-known, nationally circulated magazine. Whether or not it does, it will keep you busy for quite some time, if you really apply yourself to it.

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Attention, Peditastelli!, John Mcclellan Aug 1970

Attention, Peditastelli!, John Mcclellan

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For some, there is magic in words -- or hexing, if you will. How else can no one explain this piece? For reasons now forgotten, we looked up a word (also forgotten) in Smith's Smaller Latin-English Dictionary, more than adequate for our occasional needs. (In view of its thickness, we wonder what Smith's Larger must look like, but have never seen it.) Pursuing our forgotten word in a rather lethargic fashion, the word PEDITASTELLUS jumped out of the printed page, and gave us pause.

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Colloquy Aug 1970

Colloquy

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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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Three Poems From One Fountain, Howard W. Bergerson, A. Ross Eckler Aug 1970

Three Poems From One Fountain, Howard W. Bergerson, A. Ross Eckler

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Take a poem and rearrange its words into an alphabetical list; then give this list to a person unfamiliar with the original poem and ask him to construct a second poem out of this material. How similar will the two poems be?

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Zero Redundancy Rides Again, Darryl Francis Aug 1970

Zero Redundancy Rides Again, Darryl Francis

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Dmitri Borgmann's second book, Beyond Language (Scribner's), was published in 1967. One of the articles in this book which particularly fascinated us was that entitled Zero Redundancy. Borgmann points out that the first letter of a word may be any one of 26; the second letter may also be any one of 26. Therefore, there are 26 x 26 ( = 676) different two-letter combinations with which a word can begin.

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Cut And Come Again, Mohan Lal Sharma Aug 1970

Cut And Come Again, Mohan Lal Sharma

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Cut is an onomatopoeic word -- its sharp sound suggests hidden sinister meanings. Cutpurses have disappeared -- a purse being slightly passe -- and their place taken by pickpockets. Cutthroats -- not all of whom are overcharging shopkeepers -- seem to have increased, thanks to the encores of certain political parties.

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Answers And Solutions Aug 1970

Answers And Solutions

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Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue.

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Kickshaws, David L. Silverman Aug 1970

Kickshaws, David L. Silverman

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Readers are encouraged to send their own favorite linguistic kickshaws to the Kickshaws Editor. All answers known to the editor appear in the Answers and Solutions at the end of this issue.

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Alphabet Sports, John Muirhead Aug 1970

Alphabet Sports, John Muirhead

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Games, puzzles and related recreations have for centuries provided people with pleasant and harmless ways of passing their time. In an age of increasing leisure, however, even the most stimulating pastimes grow boring. Hence, the need for new and different forms of recreation continues to grow.

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A Geography Lesson, Darryl Francis Aug 1970

A Geography Lesson, Darryl Francis

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In the May 1968 Word Ways the word AFJUZANXESQUE made its first appearance on the logological scene. The word, a coined one, meaning in the style of, or characteristic of, the French town ARJUZANX, was deemed necessary because it exhibited the four most infrequently used letters of the English language, J. Q, X and Z. This word coined by us can now be considered redundant. We have found a genuine -- yes, genuine -- word which employs the four letters J, Q, X, and Z. The word in question is ZIQ-XHAFEJ.

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Front Cover, Publication Information May 1970

Front Cover, Publication Information

Word Ways

Front Cover, Publication Information, Table of Contents

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The Baleful Tale Of Hale And Gale, Scott Hattie May 1970

The Baleful Tale Of Hale And Gale, Scott Hattie

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Whenever I see a palindrome I am touched by sadness, for it reminds me of the tragic fate of my former colleague, Mr. Gale, and his boss, Mr. Hale. From the first, their behavior in each other's company struck me as most unnatural. Like an electron and a positron, they lived peaceably enough in different universes, but as soon as they came together each threatened to annihilate the other.

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A Repeat Performance, Darryl Francis May 1970

A Repeat Performance, Darryl Francis

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We expect that most readers are familiar with the story concerning the two typesetters, Archimedes and Had. But, for those that do not know the story or only vaguely remember it, we shall briefly repeat it.

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Syllabilities, Ralph G. Beaman May 1970

Syllabilities, Ralph G. Beaman

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The August 1969 and February 1970 issues of Word Ways contained several comments on word lengths as measured by the number of letters and the number of syllables. Obviously, it is high time to examine these problems in detail. Before we start, we establish ground rules. Our authority shall be Webster's New International Dictionary, Third Edition; only if this is exhausted, or some special case arises, may a different authority be used.

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