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La Belle France Et La Bete Noire, Leonard R. N. Ashley
La Belle France Et La Bete Noire, Leonard R. N. Ashley
Word Ways
Pity the poor tourist faced for the first time with a French menu! Well, actually, menu means "small, fine, slender, or thin," so perhaps we'd better call it the carte du jour.
The Francis Xavier O'Brien Problem, A. Ross Eckler
The Francis Xavier O'Brien Problem, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
You are standing in the baggage room at the airport, waiting for your luggage to catch up with you. Idly, you notice the various initials on the other suitcases, trying to reconstruct the names of their owners. There's E.E.E. - could that be Elizabeth Eugenia Everett? Or Ebenezer Edgar Esterhazy? And J.F.K.? Surely that couldn't be -?
Of Connor And Cottonwood, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Of Connor And Cottonwood, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
Readers who joined us in exploring The South Cape Mystery in May and The Net Lake Enigma in August are in excellent shape to investigate with us a more advanced problem along the same lines: The Connor-Cottonwood Conundrum.
Simplicissimi
Word Ways
Generally, the problems posed in other sections of our Journal are for the seasoned veteran of the word wars. In this section, we are featuring considerably easier puzzles and quizzes, as an encouragement to neophytes, those fearless souls just entering upon the Way of the Word.
Book Reviews, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Book Reviews, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
The purpose of this section is to acquaint readers with books of recent vintage, currently in print, and holding special interest for word lovers. All books will be reviewed from the special standpoint of recreational linguistics.
Answers And Solutions
Word Ways
Answers and solutions to puzzles contained in this and previous issues.
Instructions To Contributors
Word Ways
Instructions for those interested in contributing to the publication.
An Exercise In Heteronymy, Walter G. Leight
An Exercise In Heteronymy, Walter G. Leight
Word Ways
To be read aloud for maximum effect ... but not too loud!
A Time For All, Dmitri A. Borgmann
A Time For All, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
Mastery of language implies the ability to distinguish between words and the ideas they represent. Most of us use words, but confuse them with the underlying reality. Our thesis may conveniently be illustrated by examining the time problem.
The Net Lake Enigma, Dmitri A. Borgmann
The Net Lake Enigma, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
After discussing the South Cape Mystery in our previous issue, we asked readers to attempt solving another enigma of similar complexity.
Front Cover, Publication Information
Front Cover, Publication Information
Word Ways
Front Cover, Publication Information, Table of Contents
The Periodic Table Of The Alphabet, Solomon W. Golomb
The Periodic Table Of The Alphabet, Solomon W. Golomb
Word Ways
If that bearded nineteenth-century Russian, Dmitri Mendelev, had turned his attention to the Science of Linguistics, instead of to the pseudo-scientific cult of Alchemy, then rather than merely discovering the Periodic Table of the Elements, he might have been led to invent the following "Periodic Table of the Alphabet."
A Bible Crossword, Edward L. Lee
A Bible Crossword, Edward L. Lee
Word Ways
For a change of pace, we present a crossword puzzle with clues and answer words based entirely on the Bible. This is your opportunity to find out how much of a Bible expert you are.
Seven-Letter Words, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Seven-Letter Words, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
Have you ever wondered about 7-letter words? Really wondered about them, we mean?
Let's consider these "lucky" words in relation to vowels and consonants, their constituent elements. It is easy enough to find specimens consisting solely of vowels or exclusively of consonants.
The Assination Of English, Temple G. Porter
The Assination Of English, Temple G. Porter
Word Ways
If a college student of English were to hand you a paper purporting to demonstrate his grasp of his English professor's teaching, and the paper included sentences such as, "The President was assinated on TV before our veery eyes," or "Hubert is the Greek sin of pride," what, besides a loud guffaw, would your reaction be?
A Helico-Spherical Cocktail Party, John F. Collins
A Helico-Spherical Cocktail Party, John F. Collins
Word Ways
What follows is an excerpt from that well-known whimsy, Alice in the Land of Gotham, published under the author's pen name of "A. Vorpal Penn." It took us several readings of the excerpt to figure out how the Mad Hatter divined the newcomer's identity. Can you do it the first time around?
Animals In Disarray, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Animals In Disarray, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
For the true logophile (word lover), one of the joys of life is rearranging the letters of a word or name to form some other word or name. Let us assume that the logophile picks up a daily paper, turns to the society column, and comes upon a sentence such as this:
"Daniel C. Conley, sprucy Englander, rumbaed erect." What does he see in that sentence?
Super-Quiz No. 3, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Super-Quiz No. 3, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
Here comes our third spelling quiz. Like its predecessors, it is probably so difficult that even a university professor of English couldn't get a perfect score on it. This, however, is where the resemblance ends.
Progressive Ideas, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Progressive Ideas, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
Shown below are two fourth-order word squares, with all words in each square reading horizontally and vertically.
The Faded Bloomers Rhapsody, Howard W. Bergerson
The Faded Bloomers Rhapsody, Howard W. Bergerson
Word Ways
The poem that follows, by rare but happy accident, is a perfect palindrome, reading the same backward as it does forward. It is distinguished for using 16 words of 7 or more letters, including one of 13 letters and one of 16. In all, it is 450 letters long - an astonishing achievement.
The National Philosophy Test - Iii, Temple G. Porter
The National Philosophy Test - Iii, Temple G. Porter
Word Ways
What did we learn from the pomposities and incomprehensible musings of the existentialists and of Plato in our first two National Philosophy Tests? Two things, basically. First, we saw how a difficult passage, taken out of context, can be made to appear ludicrous. Second, we could not help but notice how even the most revered, emulated, and lofty thinkers of mankind were at times inclined, in their profundity, to the most blatant errors and laughable entrapment within their own wordiness. Immanual Kant, as our third National Philossophy Test will amply demonstrate, was no exception.
The Amorphous Amoeba, Jean C. Sabine
The Amorphous Amoeba, Jean C. Sabine
Word Ways
Have we switched from linguistics to biology? No, not at all; we have merely taken a fanciful view of the irregularly shaped crossword puzzle diagram that follows.
The Arithmetic Of Word Ladders, Rudolph W. Castown
The Arithmetic Of Word Ladders, Rudolph W. Castown
Word Ways
The relationship between word games and mathematical recreations is well-known. Martin Gardner has often described them in his "Mathematical Games" column in the Scientific American. The editor of WORD WAYS, in his recent book BEYOND LANGUAGE, has derived logological structures from mathematical ones.
How Not To Name A Product, Dmitri A. Borgmann
How Not To Name A Product, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
In our previous issue, we considered the requirements of a large industrial corporation, identified in the public mind with fuels, seeking a new marketing name for one of its principal products. We shall now examine a name actually proposed as a solution, in the light of the corporation's requirements, extracting from it whatever virtues and vices we can detect.
Medical Magic, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Medical Magic, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
In recent years, great strides have been made in the field of medicine to lessen the terrors of illness. Curiously, however, one aspect of the struggle against disease has been overlooked almost entirely. We refer, of course, to the verbal aspect.
Simplicissimi
Word Ways
Generally, the problems posed in other sections of our Journal are for the seasoned veteran of the word wars. In this section, we are presenting substantially easier puzzles and quizzes, as an encouragement to neophytes, those intrepid souls just beginning their study of the ways of the word.
Instructions To Contributors
Word Ways
Instructions for those wishing to contribute to the journal.
Book Reviews, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Book Reviews, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
The purpose of this section is to acquaint readers with books of recent vintage, currently in print, and holding special interest for word lovers. All books will be reviewed from the special standpoint of recreational linguistics.
Answers And Solutions
Word Ways
Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue, as well as the previous issue.
Weird Words, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Weird Words, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
Our language is slowly but surely being infiltrated by a series of what may best be described as "weird" words. We feel that you, as a patron of the language, should be alerted to the invasion now in progress, so that appropriate countermeasures may be planned and put into effect.