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Writing & Linguistics News, Georgia Southern University

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Alum Finds Inspiration And Puts Skills To Work In Turkey, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Sir Jeremy Morse (1928-2016), Editor Word Ways

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An obituary from the Times of London, February 6th, 2016 submitted by Darryl Francis.

Repetitive Monograms-1, Steve Kahan

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A puzzle in which each answer is a repetitive monogram.

Kickshaws, David Morice

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A collection of linguistic kickshaws

Transposing Phrases, Susan Thorpe

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A list of words and phrases that have been transposed.

Metalleges Containing All Possible Letter Pairs, A. Ross Eckler

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Examples of words made by shifting two letters in a base word.

Squares From Pairs, David Shaw

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A puzzle.

The Growth Of A Directed Word Network, A. Ross Eckler

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A word network is a set of words and links. Two words are joined by a link if they differ by a single letter. More specifically, this is an undirected work network- one can move along a link in either direction. But what if only one direction is allowed? It is the purpose of this article to show how such a network evolves as one adds words one at a time.

A Sam Loyd Puzzle?, Will Shortz

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A Puzzle

Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 49, Number 1, Editor Word Ways

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Front cover and publication information for this issue, including table of contents.

Word Questionnaire-27, Steve Kahan

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A logology quiz

All Good Things Must Come To A Trend: More Quirky Linguistic Observations, Conundrums, And Miscellanea, Don Hauptman

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A compilation of language oddities, queries, quips, and other trivia the author has observed.

Kybo, Darryl Francis

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Every so often a peculiar word makes itself known and invites further investigation. One such recent word is KYBO. New Zealand Scrabble player John Foster brought KYBO to the attention of long time Word Ways contributor Jeff Grant. In turn, Jeff queried it with me. The remainder of this article describes the results of Jeff's and my searches about the word.

Carry On Up The Kybo, John Foster

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Recently when talking to Jeff [Grant] I queried the word KYBO which has been with us since the adoption of Collins Dictionary in 2007. I was not challenging its validity but rather the definition which is given as "Australian slang". I pointed out that I had used this word as a child at a YMCA summer camp where it was the official term to be used for the toilet. Jeff is doing further research into the origin of this word but I thought I might relate how I first encountered it and the conclusions that I have drawn as a …

Colloquy, Editor Word Ways

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A Collection of responses to previously published articles.

Gaining Or Losing Letters, Susan Thorpe

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Pairs of words made by gaining or losing a single letter or particular types of letters.

Playing With Ough, Susan Thorpe

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Sets of words in which the pronunciation of OUGH in the first words is substituted for the pronunciation in the second word, creating a third word.

Definitive Anagrams: Sa-Sh, . Anil

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A collection of anagrams

Mean Sidewalks, . Anil

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As mean as Mean Streets, Mean Sidewalks shift meaning as words walk sideways and create a new type of lateral thinking. I leave this word dance challenge for a later time and for others. I'm using Mean Sidewalks as an umbrella title for a miscellany of kickshaws I hope will be a semi-regular feature.

A Puzzle-Literally!, Jeremiah Farrell

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A crossword puzzle

Spooner In Context, Susan Thorpe

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Phrases in which pairs of words switch first letters.

Sherlock Holmes Puzzle, Harold Jacobs

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A puzzle.

Two Directed State Networks, A. Ross Eckler

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In a directed network, one can move from node to node in one direction only. The set of 50 states form a directed network in either of two configurations.

Debunking Alfred The Great, Ron Singer

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A poem.

Challenge Problems, A. Ross Eckler

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A collection of linguistic problems or challenges.

Answers And Solutions, Editor Word Ways

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Answers and solutions to the puzzles and quizzes in this issue.

Instructions To Authors, Editor Word Ways

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Instructions to authors.

K-Birds Of New Zealand, Jeff Grant

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A list of birds that either live in or visit New Zealand that all start with K.