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Lewis In Storyland, Jim Puder
Lewis In Storyland, Jim Puder
Word Ways
It is the peculiar fate of a few celebrated authors, whose personalities as well as whose works fascinate us, to experience, posthumously, new literary careers as characters in other writers' fiction. Such an author is Charles Dodgson, better known to many as Lewis Carroll, whose first of a score of appearances as a character in fiction occurred about 70 years ago. hardcore Carroll devotees, of course, already know all about all such fictional "LC" apparitions, but more casual Carroll enthusiasts may thank Seattle writer N. Lee for compiling a list of eleven novels and one feature film in which Dodgson …
Letter Height Lipograms, A. Anil
Letter Height Lipograms, A. Anil
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lip-marylambs mars wee ewe mar owns a wee ewe; ewe owns a snow over. mars moves cause ewe same sure moves. as mar comes on courses, so ewe comes on. -- a no-no! ewe amuses coursers, roar "ewe on course! eux-eux-eux!"
Acrostic Dictionary Of Wordplay Terms, A. Anil
Acrostic Dictionary Of Wordplay Terms, A. Anil
Word Ways
A bunch of definitive reverse acrostics presented in February ('10-8) included seven wordplay terms, with especially fun ones for logology and logophile. I thought a rather immoderate list of wordplay terms similarly defined might be appreciated by logology fans. Read the definitions first. If they are not clear, then consult the examples, which are given as "answers" if needed.
Back Cover
Word Ways
Back cover of this issue, including instructions for authors and subscribers.
Highly Irregular Verbs, Richard Lederer, Kern Mann
Highly Irregular Verbs, Richard Lederer, Kern Mann
Word Ways
Most English adjectives take on the suffixes -er and est as they journey from their base forms to their comparative and superlative incarnations, as in smart smarter smartest and funny funnier funniest. Some intrepid logologists have created sequences of unrelated words that look like adjectival progressions but aren't.
Hiya, Ed!, Steve Kahan
Hiya, Ed!, Steve Kahan
Word Ways
A collage of colleges is camouflaged within the universe of universities presented in the twenty-question exam that follows. Simply extract a letter from each word in the list, implant another in its place, and scramble the resulting collection of characters to reveal the requisite institute of advanced learning. To wit, ORALLY would become BAYLOR upon rearrangement after "B" replaces one of the "L"s.
80 Years Of Gardner Magic, Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell
80 Years Of Gardner Magic, Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell
Word Ways
The magician and historiam Max Maven poignantly eulogized Martin Gardner in his article "In Memoriam" in the July 2010 issue of GENII magazine. Commenting on the diverse interests of Gardner in non-fiction, puzzles, recreational mathematics, philosophy, games, skepticism, word play and magic, Maven noted: "So far as is known, the final Gardner publication during his lifetime was a magic trick that he contributed to the May 2010 issue of Word Ways, a quarterly journal with a small but fervent readership. I will mention, without humility, that the trick was based on one of mine -- which in turn was …
Martin Gardner
Word Ways
Martin Gardner died on Saturday, May 22, 2010. He was 95. It was at his behest that Word Ways was founded in 1968, and thus every issue of our journal will remain a memorial to him.
Mathematics And Word Play, Martin Gardner
Mathematics And Word Play, Martin Gardner
Word Ways
Many mathematicians enjoy wordplay, and for obvious reasons. it is almost a branch of combinatorial mathematics. The pleasure derived from solving a combinatorial problem is very much like the pleasure of solving a cryptogram or a crossword puzzle, or constructing a good palindrome.
Front Cover And Publication Information
Front Cover And Publication Information
Word Ways
Front cover and publication information, including the table of contents, for this issue.
A Tribute To Martin Gardner, Harold R. Jacobs
A Tribute To Martin Gardner, Harold R. Jacobs
Word Ways
The most recent addition to my mathematics library is Here's Looking At Euclid (Free Press, 2010), written by a young British journalist, Alex Bellos. The first words of praise on the back of the dust jacket were written by Martin Gardner. It made me feel sad to realize that this is undoubtedly the last book to which Gardner paid tribute. It is certainly worthy o it because Bellos has a delightful writing style similar in many ways to that of Gardner.
Light Ray's, Raymond Smullyan
Light Ray's, Raymond Smullyan
Word Ways
An occasional collection from the master of whimsy.
Bayley's Claims About "Alice", Jeremiah Farrell
Bayley's Claims About "Alice", Jeremiah Farrell
Word Ways
Melanie Bayley, a doctoral candidate in Victorian literature, has recently authored two articles claiming that Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" was Charles Dodgson's attempt to satirize the "new mathematics" of his day. We disagree completely with her thesis.
Punk Whiz 11, A. Anil
Punk Whiz 11, A. Anil
Word Ways
Another Pun Quiz. The misdefinitions usually also hint at the true meanings. Numbers in parentheses are the letters in the answer; (3|4) is a charade, a seven letter word that splits into a three plus four letter pun. My answers are out back.
The Word Magic Of Lewis Carroll, Richard Lederer
The Word Magic Of Lewis Carroll, Richard Lederer
Word Ways
The smashing success of the Tim Burton-Johnny Depp film Alice in Wonderland is vivid evidence of our fascination with Lewis Carroll's work for almost a century and a half.
Numerical Charades Part 3, Susan Thorpe
Numerical Charades Part 3, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
Part 1 examined Palindromic, Tautonymic and Miami Numerical Charades, wilst Part 2 examined Progressive and Regressive Numerical Series Charades. Currently, Part 3 is devoted to what might be called combination charades.
Pop-Star, Sir Jeremy Morse
Look Back!, A. Ross Eckler
Look Back!, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
In the February 2009 Word Ways, Dave Morice celebrated his one-thousandth Kickshaws page, a self-portrait consisting of that number of signatures. His count should be augmented by Kickshaws through February 2010 plus non-Kickshaws articles, a total of 210 pages. No other author has exceeded this (I have 1030 and Dmitri Borgmann, 727).
A Letter To Martin, Solomon W. Golomb
Just The Right Poem, J. James Mancuso
Kickshaws, Martin Gardner
Kickshaws, Martin Gardner
Word Ways
Gardner wrote two kickshaws for Word Ways -- one in February 1981 and one in November 1983. They are reprinted here.
Slowpoke, Martin Gardner
Slowpoke, Martin Gardner
Word Ways
A poem from the book Never Make Fun of a Turtle, My Son.
Spoonertoons 7: Riddling While Foam Burns, Don Hauptman, Jim Siergey
Spoonertoons 7: Riddling While Foam Burns, Don Hauptman, Jim Siergey
Word Ways
A collection of illustrations and spoonerisms.
Double Duty Adjectives, Solomon W. Golomb
Double Duty Adjectives, Solomon W. Golomb
Word Ways
Several common English adjectives have two distinct meanings, revealed by clearly distinguishable opposites. Here are several antonym pairs that illustrate this.
Not Lying About -Ly Words, J. James Mancuso
An Anagram Sonnet, Janet D. Hodge
An Anagram Sonnet, Janet D. Hodge
Word Ways
I recently discovered David Shulman's anagramed "sonnet" on "Washington Crossing the Delaware," written in 1936, in Douglas Hofstadter's review of Ross Eckler's Making the Alphabet Dance, as well as Shulman's reply to that review, in which he writes: "after waiting 60 years, I find that nobody so far has equaled or surpassed it."
Pied Poetry, Martin Gardner, J. A. Lindon
Pied Poetry, Martin Gardner, J. A. Lindon
Word Ways
To lure thy half-wit
(Having all, it moves nor'-nor'-nor' line)
Thy piety tears a writ --
A wash-out --
Writes moving word CANCEL on
The back of it,
And shall
Finger all!
Iowa City Poetry Marathon, David Morice
Iowa City Poetry Marathon, David Morice
Word Ways
In November, 2008, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated Iowa City as the world's third City of Literature, along with Edinburg, Scotland and Melbourne, Australia. This summer there will be various celebrations of this event. The University of Iowa main Library is having an exhibit from July through October, 2010, featuring books, broadsides, and other works by the UI Writers Workshop and by the Actualist Poets, who flourished here in the 1970s.