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The Alice Cipher, Ashley Dale
The Alice Cipher, Ashley Dale
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Lewis Carroll loved ciphers. Between 1858 and 1868 he invented four and recorded them in his diary: two matrix ciphers and two polyalphabetic ciphers: the Telegraph Cipher and the Alphabet Cipher. He submitted the latter two for publication, and personally used them to write letters to his child friends.
Pessimal Spelling Alphabets, Tristan Miller
Pessimal Spelling Alphabets, Tristan Miller
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A spelling alphabet (also known as a phonetic alphabet or a telephone alphabet) is a set of words which are used to stand for letters of the alphabet; they're typically used when spelling out words over the telephone or in other noisy or low-bandwidth environments.
Punk Whiz 21, . Anil
Answers And Solutions
Word Ways
Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue.
Gerunding, Ron Singer
Confused Alternades-1, Steve Kahan
Confused Alternades-1, Steve Kahan
Word Ways
Just to reminisce a bit, and alternade is a word which can be divided into two smaller ones when every other letter is considered.
Sexigraphy, A. Ross Eckler
Sexigraphy, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
The meaning of a word - its linguistic essence, so to speak- is encapsulated in its dictionary definition. Can one learn more about a word by repeating this process? In "Dictionary Symphony" in the August 1990 issue, Dave Morice proposed replacing the essential words in a definition (typically the nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs) with their definitions, to create a second-level definition that would enhance the first-level one. In turn, the words used in the second-level definition can each be replaced with their definitions, and so on.
A New 6x6x6 Word Cube, Barry Fagan
Punk Whiz 19, . Anil
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 46, Number1
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 46, Number1
Word Ways
Front cover and publication information for this issue, including the table of contents.
The Meaning Of Time, Solomon W. Golomb
The Meaning Of Time, Solomon W. Golomb
Word Ways
The English word TIME has multiple meanings which would require at least three distinct words when translated into other languages. Consider the following three answers to the simple-sounding question "what time was it?"
a. It was 9 a.m. b. It was the third time. c. It was during the tenth century.
Art Begins At Forty, Jeremy Morse
Let's Go By Wisconsin, Glenn G. Dahlem
Let's Go By Wisconsin, Glenn G. Dahlem
Word Ways
Persons who grew up in Wisconsin don't always realize the profound yet subtle influence European languages have had on the English currently spoken there. Many of the idioms. colloquialisms and linguistic patterns in use in the Badger state are descended from similar ones found in many European tongues. One scholar once remarked that language patterns found in New York City and Wisconsin are the same, excepts in Wisconsin farmland separates the various ethnic neighborhoods.
Kickshaws, Richard Lederer
Dissing And Hocking: More Amusing Bloopers And Snappy Comebacks, Dan Hauptman
Dissing And Hocking: More Amusing Bloopers And Snappy Comebacks, Dan Hauptman
Word Ways
A collection of media bloopers.
My Favorite Magic, Norwich Bumstead
Funny Words 5, . Anil
Curiosities Of The Lake, Walt Quader
Curiosities Of The Lake, Walt Quader
Word Ways
There's a curious dieseling "SAMUEL SAMUEL CLEMENS SAMUEL CLEMENS CLEMENS" sequence in Mark Twain's Roughing It, in the 'Curiosities of the Lake' story.
A Hundred-Word Way, Walt Quader
A Hundred-Word Way, Walt Quader
Word Ways
A new draft of a post first published in Wordfun, 2004 March 21.
Anagram Quiz 9, . Anil
Damn Mad Boring Trifler?, A. Ross Eckler
Damn Mad Boring Trifler?, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
Dimitri Alfred Borgmann, the father of recreational linguistics, crafted the anagram of his name that is the title of this chapter. Damn mad? yes, if one take this palindromic phrase to mean "carried away by enthusiasm or desire." Boring trifler? never.
Definitive Anagrams: P, . Anil
Good-Night Alphabet, David Morice
A Puzzle-Game For "Brains", Jeremiah Farrell
Neologisms: Beginning With Letters T Through Z, J. James Mancuso
Neologisms: Beginning With Letters T Through Z, J. James Mancuso
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Group Therapy, Steve Kahan
Group Therapy, Steve Kahan
Word Ways
Each of the twenty offerings below displays alphabetically-ordered initials, sans one, corresponding to a familiar set of elements. To achieve your objective, you must properly identify the collections, fill in the blank, and delineate all of the members of the set.
Poetry In Latinglish, J. James Mancuso
Poetry In Latinglish, J. James Mancuso
Word Ways
An explanation and rules for creating Latinglish poetry.