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Logological Poetry: An Editorial, Howard W. Bergerson
Logological Poetry: An Editorial, Howard W. Bergerson
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It was Dmitri Borgmann who put the word "logology" into circulation. Before Language on Vacation, his first book, was published, he wrote to me: "I don't believe the word 'logology' has ever appeared in a book devoted to words or puzzles. I dug it out of the unabridged Oxford while searching for a suitable name for my activity."
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Anagrams And Mutations, Xavier Balilinkinoff
Anagrams And Mutations, Xavier Balilinkinoff
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An anagram's interest can be considerably enhanced if its background is known. The background of the several anagrams on VIOLETS is a case in point. We quote here, with the kind permission of Charles Scribner's Sons, from the book, Dialogues in Limbo, by the late Professor George Santayana tells a story, which has been compared to Plato's parable of the cave, about the child.
Palindromic Poems, J. A. Lindon
Palindromic Poems, J. A. Lindon
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This selection of Mr. Lindon's poems, presented for your delectation, includes poems which are composed of line-by-line palindromes, plus several which are end-to-end palindromes.
Many Happy Hot Cross Buns To Leigh Mercer, J. A. Lindon
Many Happy Hot Cross Buns To Leigh Mercer, J. A. Lindon
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Mr. Lindon writes: "Leigh Mercer is now 75. For many years he has acted as a clearing-house for puzzle material, sending people all over the world ideas (true, often other people's), but never getting anything out of it himself: and he is not a wealthy chap. I feel it is time that he received some sort of recognition. You might ask yourself whether a series of "Present-Day Palindromists," giving collected examples of their efforts, mights not be interesting. There is, I believe, a fine PD writer living in France, whom I expect I could get in touch with if you …
Sea-Changed Words, Alice Gorki, Dimitri Miller
Sea-Changed Words, Alice Gorki, Dimitri Miller
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How can one word, no matter what the word is, be made to generate another word? That is the problem treated in this report, and a solution will be described.
Help Fill The Word Gap!, Temple G. Porter
Help Fill The Word Gap!, Temple G. Porter
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Our language suffers from a word shortage. There are literally thousands of new phenomena that make modern life increasingly frustrating because we lack the words to aid us in dealing with them. This is because our surroundings change faster than our wordsmiths can provide us with the verbal handles needed to manipulate them.
How It Began, David Schulman
How It Began, David Schulman
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Should anyone ask, "Who originated crossword puzzles?", or, "How did the first crossword puzzle get its start?", here are some of the salient facts, as best I have been able to gather them. You see, I have had reason to investigate the history of crosswords. Before the recent appearance of that superb reference work, Colliers Encyclopedia, I was consulted by Major Donald D. Millikin for information on his article about crossword puzzles.
Cbb Words, J. A. Lindon
Cbb Words, J. A. Lindon
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The historical beginnings of the subject treated by Mr. Lindon in this essay may be of interest to readers. Several years ago, Ben Rogers noticed that the word LOGOLOGY possessed a certain simple property of alphabetical balance (see section twenty-nine of Dmitri Borgmann's Beyond Language, published by Charles Scribner's Sons), and communicated this to Dmitri Borgmann who subsequently found many more such words. Mr. Borgmann mentioned the matter to Mr. Lindon in a letter, but was vague on the subject, and Mr. Lindon, whose fertile mind was thus primed with only the shadowy notion that some words have some …
Doctor Smith And The Lawless Lords Of Logomycin, Cruel Zorbi
Doctor Smith And The Lawless Lords Of Logomycin, Cruel Zorbi
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Doctor Smith wished to be known for his erudition , and that is why he had felt as guilty as a cornered baby-snatcher that time when someone had asked him about nidology. Being a bit weak on nidology - having never heard of it, that is - he had defiantly repeated what he had heard on the street-corners on what he had judged to be related subjects.
The Multiple-Letter Word Hunt, Dmitri A. Borgmann
The Multiple-Letter Word Hunt, Dmitri A. Borgmann
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One of the many projects that has engaged the attention of serious-minded logologists has been the quest for words featuring one particular letter a substantial number of times. For instance, AMALGAMATED is a word with four A's; REFEREE uses for E's; and TUMULTUOUS includes four U's.
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Instructions to those wishing to contribute to the publication.
Answers And Solutions
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Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue.
Some Neglected Ways Of Words, Ben Rogers
Some Neglected Ways Of Words, Ben Rogers
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Words have ways which are so numerous (accourding to some mystics) that they are transinfinite (greater than Aleph N). Only a few of these ways are wayworn, while some other ones are only wayward, and still others of them are never even noticed by the wayside, by the way. It is a profound understatement to say that the world will sleep forever through the aeons with never the utleast awareness of most of these ways, even as some of the dearest and most wanted children shall never be born.
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The 8800 Puzzle, Dmitri A. Borgmann
The 8800 Puzzle, Dmitri A. Borgmann
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Here is a problem intended for those crossword enthusiasts who find solving puzzles too easy or too routine.
Initial Whimseys, Walter Shedlofsky
Initial Whimseys, Walter Shedlofsky
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NONSENSE
Nodule nine thrags of war to one smidge of mirth;
Outrig seven garths of futility;
Nuance the evil mals with nobility
Saturate life's relays with sorrow's breath;
Excess the coils with draps of hate and death;
Nebulate the whole in cyclotrons of chance-
Should it not disintegrate from dissonance,
Entropy and term and useles bauble - Earth.
Super-Quiz No. 4, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Super-Quiz No. 4, Dmitri A. Borgmann
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The most reliable characteristic of our Super-Quizzes is their unpredictability. The first three were spelling tests. This one, by contrast, is going to measure your knowledge of word meanings.
Y U O I E A, Alan L. Wachtel
Y U O I E A, Alan L. Wachtel
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Down through the years, logologists have sought the elusive word attaining one of the many goals of verbal perfection: displaying all six of the vowels (A, E, I, O, U, and Y) in precisely the reverse of their alphabetical order. Until recently, the problem remained unsolved, except for a coined word of inferior quality - BY-QUODLIBETAL, defined as "quodlibetal, or purely academic, in a derived or accidental manner."
Extraterrestrial Linguistics, Solomon W. Golomb
Extraterrestrial Linguistics, Solomon W. Golomb
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There are two questions involved in communication with Extraterrestrials. One is the mechanical issue of discovering a mutually acceptable channel. The other is the more philosophical problem (semantic, ethic, and metaphysical) of the proper subject matter for discourse. In simpler terms, we first require a common language, and then we must think of something clever to say.
The National Philosophy Test - Iv, Temple G. Porter
The National Philosophy Test - Iv, Temple G. Porter
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Our National Philosophy Tests might convey the notion that we are committing against philosophy what sacrilege is to religion. On the contrary, we are in the mainstream of true philosophy through these tests: "To ridicule philosophy: that is to be a real philosopher." The words are those of Blaise Pascal, a philosopher of respectable achievements. We were about to base this test on Descartes when we realized that we hadn't yet covered Aristotle; that would have been putting Descartes before the horse!
Bible Letters, Edward L. Lee
Bible Letters, Edward L. Lee
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For devotees of the Double-Crostic and similar word games, we present a little problem involving the identification of a verse taken from the King James Version (Authorized Version) of the Holy Bible.
Word Groups With Mathematical Structure, A. Ross Eckler
Word Groups With Mathematical Structure, A. Ross Eckler
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Logophiles have extensively studied interesting properties of isolated words: palindromes, anagrams and antigrams, multiple transposals, words with successive doubled letters, and so forth. Somewhat less effort has been expended upon an equally interesting and potentially far richer field: the construction of groups of words which conform to certain rules. Perhaps the best-known examples of these are word ladders (less, loss, lose, lore, more) and word squares.
Real Word Squares, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Real Word Squares, Dmitri A. Borgmann
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In a book published a few years ago, we presented the first genuine word square ever constructed in English - a square consisting of words instead of letters, with all words in the square using the same number of letters (five). That unique square is reproduced here.
In Search Of A Name, Dmitri A. Borgmann
In Search Of A Name, Dmitri A. Borgmann
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In our August issue, we considered the merits and the drawbacks of DYNAX as a possible marketing name for one of the principal products of a large industrial corporation, operating internationally, and identified in the public mind with fuels. Let us now analyze another potential marketing name: QUESTA.
Azuriel Crossword No. 1
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The name AZURIEL conceals a syndicate of puzzlers who operate from Holland Park, London.
Word Chess With A Vengeance, Jean C. Sabine
Word Chess With A Vengeance, Jean C. Sabine
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Depicted here is an innocent-looking letter square. The square was devised by Dr. Jean C. Sabine, of Belmont, California. Dr. Sabine's square presents our readers with a remarkable problem in "word chess," an exercise that has previously appeared in the "Simplicissimi" section of WORD WAYS.