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Degendrification Of Modern English, Steven Cushing Aug 1897

Degendrification Of Modern English, Steven Cushing

Word Ways

One of the most important developments in the recent history of the English language has been the widespread elimination of the sexist suffix -man and its replacement with the sex-neutral suffix -person. Words such as chairman, mailman, milkman, German, and Doberman have been increasingly replaced in common used by such substitutes, respectively, as chairperson, mailperson, milkperson, Gerperson, and Doberperson, in an attempt to minimize offensive sexual connotation. This phenomenon has spread so generally throughout the language that it is now possible to discern the beginnings of a new stage of development in which the sexist connotations of -person itself have …


Kickshaws, Willard R. Espy May 1897

Kickshaws, Willard R. Espy

Word Ways

A collection of linguistic kickshaws.


Answers And Solutions May 1897

Answers And Solutions

Word Ways

Answers and solutions to the puzzles in this issue.


Syntax, F. D. Hobson Jan 1896

Syntax, F. D. Hobson

Manuscript Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.


Greek Syntax Illustrated By Examples From Acts Of Apostles, William Elmer Payne Jan 1896

Greek Syntax Illustrated By Examples From Acts Of Apostles, William Elmer Payne

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Greek Syntax, Illustrated With Examples From The Gospel According To Luke, H. F. Frigge Jan 1896

Greek Syntax, Illustrated With Examples From The Gospel According To Luke, H. F. Frigge

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Greek Syntax, Illustrated With Examples From The Gospel Of Luke, William Eugarde Phillips Jan 1896

Greek Syntax, Illustrated With Examples From The Gospel Of Luke, William Eugarde Phillips

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The Hebrew And Greek Words Expressing Forgiveness Critically Examined, George Green Bruer May 1895

The Hebrew And Greek Words Expressing Forgiveness Critically Examined, George Green Bruer

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Matthew 5:3:16 Philologically And Theologically Considered, George E. Hicks Jan 1895

Matthew 5:3:16 Philologically And Theologically Considered, George E. Hicks

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Latin Laguage In History, Rose Macneal Jan 1895

Latin Laguage In History, Rose Macneal

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Purpose Expression In Luke's Gospel, George E. Hicks Jan 1894

Purpose Expression In Luke's Gospel, George E. Hicks

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No abstract provided.


The Annual Catalog Of Butler University, Butler University Jan 1891

The Annual Catalog Of Butler University, Butler University

Historic Academic Bulletins

Course catalog 1890 - 1891


The Annual Catalog Of Butler University, Butler University Jan 1890

The Annual Catalog Of Butler University, Butler University

Historic Academic Bulletins

Course catalog 1889 - 1890


The Annual Catalog Of Butler University, Butler University Jan 1889

The Annual Catalog Of Butler University, Butler University

Historic Academic Bulletins

Course catalog 1888 - 1889


A Survey Of Small Squares, Maxey Brooke May 975

A Survey Of Small Squares, Maxey Brooke

Word Ways

In a desperate attempt to make ever-larger word squares, logologists have succeeded only in producing monsters such as the ten-by-ten tautonymic word squares featured in the August and November 1973 issues of Word Ways. Is it not time to recall the intrinsic beauty and extreme versatility of smaller word squares -- say, those of size six-by-six or less? This article surveys a wide variety of such squares, taken from past issues of Word Ways, from Dmitri Borgmann's Language on Vacation (Scribner's, 1965), and from Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games column in Scientific American.


Senator's Opera Treat - To A Rope, Ted Clarke Aug 199

Senator's Opera Treat - To A Rope, Ted Clarke

Word Ways

I take my hat off to the 'paper-and-pencil practitioner' Peter Newby for his clever article "Opera's Not Over 'Til Arepo Returns", which I naturally assume was produced without the aid of a computer. At first sight I thought he really had beaten computer buffs to the punch. A few weeks ago I tackled this classic problem, using the Wordsworth database of 14,300 five-letter words; I gave it up as impossible!