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Halfway Words, Christopher Mcmanus
Halfway Words, Christopher Mcmanus
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Letters and numerals stand as atoms and opposing symbols of basic dichotomy: literature versus science, intuition versus logic, creativity versus automation. Since the gematria of Biblical times, mankind has delighted to marry the two elements by forms of letter arithmetic.
In Quest Of A Pangram (Part 1), Lee Sallows
In Quest Of A Pangram (Part 1), Lee Sallows
Word Ways
In the August 1991 Word Ways, Douglas Greenwood mentions Kee Dewdney's widely-referenced Scientific American account of my search for a self-descriptive pangram (1). In fact, Dewdney's column was based on a long and rather technical article of mine that appeared subsequently in Abacus (2). The following is a shortened adaptation of the first part of the original.
Collectible Words, Alfred Lubran
Sex, American Cities And Palindromes, Howard Richler
Sex, American Cities And Palindromes, Howard Richler
Word Ways
In my May 1991 Word Ways article on composing palindromes, I discussed how to make palindromes by starting with a central core and moving outward. Thus, the mini-palindrome NOT ON can be expanded into STRESSED? NOW ON DESSERTS! because the balance between stressed and desserts (stressed in reverse) maintains the palindrome's equilibrium.
Able Was I Ere I Saw Yreka Bakery, Alfred Allen
Able Was I Ere I Saw Yreka Bakery, Alfred Allen
Word Ways
Editor's Note: The following appeared in the Sacramento Bee of June 10, 1973, and was sent in by the late R. Robinson Rowe.
Triplets: An Added Dimension, Peter Newby
Triplets: An Added Dimension, Peter Newby
Word Ways
When I introduced the concept of Triplets in "Pears Word Games" the emphasis was upon witty word transformations such as turning WATER into WINE as featured in the February 1991 Kickshaws. In addition I deomonstrated the dramatic shapes one could achieve such as that illustrated alongside which builds up from a valid single-letter word to the largest word possible and returns to a different single-letter word without repeating any word. Yet a third type was featured which is of no consequence to this discussion but all three had the factors in common of being single-word transformations without any restriction upon …
Hodgepodge, John Ferguson
Hodgepodge, John Ferguson
Word Ways
The list of words below is made up of five categories, each category with twenty entries and having its own rule. Place 99 words in front of the 99 entries, and then, after placing the proper 100th word in front of TOWN, show where it belongs on the list. Try first the fifteen (easier) words given in boldface.
Shakespearean Telesonnet Program, David Morice
Shakespearean Telesonnet Program, David Morice
Word Ways
WELCOME TO THE SHAKESPEAREAN TELESONNET PROGRAM. IF YOU WILL TYPE YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND A FRIEND'S, I WILL CREATE A NEW SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET. TRY IT.
Alice-Slice-Slick-Slack-Snack-Snark, A. Ross Eckler
Alice-Slice-Slick-Slack-Snack-Snark, A. Ross Eckler
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Lewis Caroll, inventor of Doublet (word ladders), would no doubt have been charmed by the one given to the title, connecting ALICE and SNARK in a minimum number of steps. He would have been even more pleased with "Boojum!", a musical comedy on his life, work and ideas, composed by Australian brother Peter and Martin Wesley-Smith, and presented at the 1986 Adelaide Festival of the Arts and four times in November 1988 by the Sydney Philharmonia Society.
Deaf Aged Cabbage Dead, Peter Wesley-Smith, Martin Wesley-Smith
Deaf Aged Cabbage Dead, Peter Wesley-Smith, Martin Wesley-Smith
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Round, in four parts, from Boojum!
M.G.M -- A Palindromic Legend, Peter Newby
M.G.M -- A Palindromic Legend, Peter Newby
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PEPSI IS PEP. This famous palindromic slogan was, so it is alleged, coined by the Hollywood legend Joan Crawford when she and her husband ran the soft-drink conglomerate. Others attribute it to the movie historian Bert N. Weepy, though I would not be surprised if it transpired that yet a third name cam under the investigative scrutiny of logological research. But, could the movie queen be the true coiner? To find the answer, we must examine the attitudes to word play in her cinematic thespian days.
On Staging "Boojum!", Martin Wesley-Smith
On Staging "Boojum!", Martin Wesley-Smith
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Boojum! was originally performed as a stage musical a dozen or so times by State Opera of South Australia, at t he 1986 Adelaide Festival of Arts; the opening night was attended by Queen Elizabeth II. It was generally regarded as a success, but I was most unhappy with the treatment it received from the director, who rewrote large parts of the show, contrary to an agreement that this would not occur.
Directed Word Chain Networks (Part 3), Leonard J. Gordon
Directed Word Chain Networks (Part 3), Leonard J. Gordon
Word Ways
This is the third of a series of articles on directed word chain networks; the first two can be found in the August 1991 Word Ways. Specifically focussing on (8, 4) word chains, it is divided into two sections. THe first introduced a two-dimensional construction called a mesh; the second updates and extends Part 2, using an enlarged word list. All terms are defined in Part 1.
The Case Of The Six Piles, Water Shedlofsky
Kickshaws, David Morice
Right On The Money, Leonard R. N. Ashley
Right On The Money, Leonard R. N. Ashley
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If a man runs after money, he's money-mad; if he keeps it, he's a capitalist; if he spends it, she's a playboy; if he doesn't get it, he's a ne'er-do-well; if he doesn't try to get it, he's a parasite; and if he accumulates it after a lifetime of hard work, people call him a fool who never got anything out of life.
Eight-Letter Metalleges, John J. Bulten
Eight-Letter Metalleges, John J. Bulten
Word Ways
In the February 1991 Word Ways, Darryl Francis exhibited a type-collection of mtalleges (letter-swap transposals, as sLAve to sALve, or sKaTe to sTaKe) of two through ten letters. This article examines eight-letter metalleges in more detail, listing all that can be found in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. In general, adjacent letter-swaps are commoner more than distant ones, especially those that occur near the start or the end of a word. The full list of 283 OSPD metalleges is given below.
Easter Island Scrabble Championships, Jeff Grant
Easter Island Scrabble Championships, Jeff Grant
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Every eleven years a unique event takes place on an isolated outcrop in the eastern Pacific. With its mysterious ancient monoliths brooding-over the barren landscape, Rapanui, as it is known to the original inhabitants, seems an ideal location for the world's most unusual Scrabble meeting.
Norfolk Island Lanugage, Jeff Grant
Norfolk Island Lanugage, Jeff Grant
Word Ways
For the last three years I have enjoyed part of my holiday break in Norfolk Island, a lovely, lonely dot of land in the South Pacific midway between New Caledonia and the northern tip of New Zealand.
Afterberners: An Assemblage Of Nouns, Peter Newby
Afterberners: An Assemblage Of Nouns, Peter Newby
Word Ways
The English language owes a debt of gratitude of Dame Juliana Berners. She was born circa 1388 and is believed to have been the prioress of a nunnery near St. Albans, Hertforshire, England. Her major contribution to literature is "The Boke of St. Albans," a treatise on hawking, hunting and heraldry first published in 1486.
Einschwein's Magic Numbers, Lee Sallows
Einschwein's Magic Numbers, Lee Sallows
Word Ways
Paying a recent call on my old friend Professor Einschwein, the world-famous Transylvanian logologist, I was privileged to learn about his latest numerological invention. Drawing forth a curious pack of cards, he showed me that each card bore a single letter of the alphabet on one side and single integer, sometimes positive, sometimes negative, on the other.
Directed Word Chain Networks (Part 1), A. Ross Eckler
Directed Word Chain Networks (Part 1), A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
The February 1991 Word Ways introduced the concept of a word string network: a set of n-letter words connected by directed links. Word A is joined to Word B by a directed link if Word B is formed by removing the first letter of WOrd A and placing a letter (not neceassrily the same one) at the end of Word A (such as TEA to EAT, or SAFRI ato ARID). Note that a link does not connect EAT to ATE to TEA.
Erotic English, Richard Lederer
Erotic English, Richard Lederer
Word Ways
English is the most widely spoken language in the history of our planet, used in some way by at least one out of every seven human beings around the globe. It is a language growing in popularity and gaining thousands of new speakers each year.
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 24 Issue 3
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 24 Issue 3
Word Ways
Front cover and publication information for this issue.
Directed Word Chain Networks (Part 2), Leonard Gordon
Directed Word Chain Networks (Part 2), Leonard Gordon
Word Ways
This is one of a series of articles on directed word chain networks. The concept of a directed word chain network, together with definitions of various terms used to characterize such networks, was introduced in Part 1 of this series. The concept of a word chain dates back at least to Dudeney's 1925 book, "The World's Best Word Puzzles" (largely reprinted as "300 Best Word Puzzles" by Dover in 1968).
High-Scoring Scrabble Words, Darryl Francis
High-Scoring Scrabble Words, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
Given a standard English language Scrabble set, what are the highest-scoring words which can be made?