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A Poem, J. James Mancuso
Deep Acrostics, A. Anil
Deep Acrostics, A. Anil
Word Ways
Acronyms use the first letter of each word of a name. Diacronyms instead use the first two letters of names. While not yet called that, they featured in "Short People" in the November issue. Diacrostics are diacronyms of whole sentences. Unlike aconyms, which usually have to be defined and memorised, diacrostics may be -- and triacrostics often are -- directly readable, especially if the context is known, the language is simple, or the sentence is a familiar quotation.
Magic In Six Dimensions, Jeremiah Farrell
Magic In Six Dimensions, Jeremiah Farrell
Word Ways
A royal flush in poker consists of the ace, king, queen, jack and ten, all in the same suit. Our magic begins by having the spectator choose one of the cards in any of the four royal flushes. This choice could be by random draw or the spectator can merely think of one of the 20 cards. In either case he does not inform the magician of his choice but will write it on a slip of paper for future reference.
Flagging Spirits, Ronnie B. Kon
Flagging Spirits, Ronnie B. Kon
Word Ways
In the February 2010 Look Back! column, Ross Eckler renews his wife Faith's request from the August 1981 Kickshaws for an answer to a riddle from a 1831 British publication. He notes that a year's subscription to Word Ways was offered for the solution, but that it went unclaimed. Apropos of nothing, one wonders whether that means that the offer is still open.
Martin Gardner Et La Poesie, Alain Zalmanski
Martin Gardner Et La Poesie, Alain Zalmanski
Word Ways
Celebration of Mind: Gathering for Gardner
Arbitrary Words, Susan Thorpe
Arbitrary Words, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
This is a sequel to Unusual Words (Word Ways 2008145) which examines words with single like letters having different pronunciations, thus being represented by different phonetic symbols. Arbitrary Words looks at words with two like bigrams which have different pronunciations and different phonetic symbols. ARBITRARY is one such word, the first AR being pronounced as the A in bath, but the second AR as the AR in arise. Words in which one of the two bigram letters is represented by the same phonetic symbol in both bigrams are not included.
Name Categories, Lacey Echols
Name Categories, Lacey Echols
Word Ways
To begin, write your last name across the top of the grid. You should have enough columns for each letter in your name. For each category in the left column, fill in the cells with a word beginning with the letter in the top row. If duplicate letters appear in the top row, then you should think of two different words for that category. Additional categories could be added or exchanged for the ones below.
Punk Whiz 12, A. Anil
Punk Whiz 12, A. Anil
Word Ways
Another Pun Quiz. The misdefinitions usually also hint at the actual meanings, as in cryptic crosswords.
Dictionary Of American Regional English: Some Transposals, Darryl Francis
Dictionary Of American Regional English: Some Transposals, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
When the American Dialect Society (ADS) was founded in 1889, one of the major goals of its charger members was to do for the United States what Joseph Wright was doing for England in compiling his English Dialect Dictionary. But of course the task of making a dictionary of the dialects of the United States was going to be a lot bigger because of the size of the country. So the Society began by publishing word lists made by professors who jotted down unfamiliar terms or expressions as they visited places new to them. For decades, lists were published …
"Redun-Dances": Humorous Redundancies, Don Hauptman
"Redun-Dances": Humorous Redundancies, Don Hauptman
Word Ways
For many years, I have archly interpolated into written and spoken communications what I call "redun-dances": redundancies used deliberately for humorous effect.
Letter Height Lipograms, A. Anil
Letter Height Lipograms, A. Anil
Word Ways
lip-marylambs mars wee ewe mar owns a wee ewe; ewe owns a snow over. mars moves cause ewe same sure moves. as mar comes on courses, so ewe comes on. -- a no-no! ewe amuses coursers, roar "ewe on course! eux-eux-eux!"
Acrostic Dictionary Of Wordplay Terms, A. Anil
Acrostic Dictionary Of Wordplay Terms, A. Anil
Word Ways
A bunch of definitive reverse acrostics presented in February ('10-8) included seven wordplay terms, with especially fun ones for logology and logophile. I thought a rather immoderate list of wordplay terms similarly defined might be appreciated by logology fans. Read the definitions first. If they are not clear, then consult the examples, which are given as "answers" if needed.
Back Cover
Word Ways
Back cover of this issue, including instructions for authors and subscribers.
Highly Irregular Verbs, Richard Lederer, Kern Mann
Highly Irregular Verbs, Richard Lederer, Kern Mann
Word Ways
Most English adjectives take on the suffixes -er and est as they journey from their base forms to their comparative and superlative incarnations, as in smart smarter smartest and funny funnier funniest. Some intrepid logologists have created sequences of unrelated words that look like adjectival progressions but aren't.
Hiya, Ed!, Steve Kahan
Hiya, Ed!, Steve Kahan
Word Ways
A collage of colleges is camouflaged within the universe of universities presented in the twenty-question exam that follows. Simply extract a letter from each word in the list, implant another in its place, and scramble the resulting collection of characters to reveal the requisite institute of advanced learning. To wit, ORALLY would become BAYLOR upon rearrangement after "B" replaces one of the "L"s.
The Four Key Factors That Drive Successful Decisions, Joseph Yeager, Linda Sommer
The Four Key Factors That Drive Successful Decisions, Joseph Yeager, Linda Sommer
The Qualitative Report
The mechanisms of language operate as the vehicles for motivation, thinking and deciding. Language is a replica, a model, a representational map of reality. In the same way that a flawed roadmap will misrepresent reality and mislead a traveler, a flawed linguistic rationale will mislead a decision maker in any situation. In high-stakes situations that occur in globalized organizations, such as the current economic meltdown, the importance and consequences of flawed linguistic rationales are obvious. Simple suggestions for self examination of linguistic rationales are offered.
80 Years Of Gardner Magic, Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell
80 Years Of Gardner Magic, Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell
Word Ways
The magician and historiam Max Maven poignantly eulogized Martin Gardner in his article "In Memoriam" in the July 2010 issue of GENII magazine. Commenting on the diverse interests of Gardner in non-fiction, puzzles, recreational mathematics, philosophy, games, skepticism, word play and magic, Maven noted: "So far as is known, the final Gardner publication during his lifetime was a magic trick that he contributed to the May 2010 issue of Word Ways, a quarterly journal with a small but fervent readership. I will mention, without humility, that the trick was based on one of mine -- which in turn was …
Martin Gardner
Word Ways
Martin Gardner died on Saturday, May 22, 2010. He was 95. It was at his behest that Word Ways was founded in 1968, and thus every issue of our journal will remain a memorial to him.
Mathematics And Word Play, Martin Gardner
Mathematics And Word Play, Martin Gardner
Word Ways
Many mathematicians enjoy wordplay, and for obvious reasons. it is almost a branch of combinatorial mathematics. The pleasure derived from solving a combinatorial problem is very much like the pleasure of solving a cryptogram or a crossword puzzle, or constructing a good palindrome.
Front Cover And Publication Information
Front Cover And Publication Information
Word Ways
Front cover and publication information, including the table of contents, for this issue.
A Tribute To Martin Gardner, Harold R. Jacobs
A Tribute To Martin Gardner, Harold R. Jacobs
Word Ways
The most recent addition to my mathematics library is Here's Looking At Euclid (Free Press, 2010), written by a young British journalist, Alex Bellos. The first words of praise on the back of the dust jacket were written by Martin Gardner. It made me feel sad to realize that this is undoubtedly the last book to which Gardner paid tribute. It is certainly worthy o it because Bellos has a delightful writing style similar in many ways to that of Gardner.
Light Ray's, Raymond Smullyan
Light Ray's, Raymond Smullyan
Word Ways
An occasional collection from the master of whimsy.
Bayley's Claims About "Alice", Jeremiah Farrell
Bayley's Claims About "Alice", Jeremiah Farrell
Word Ways
Melanie Bayley, a doctoral candidate in Victorian literature, has recently authored two articles claiming that Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" was Charles Dodgson's attempt to satirize the "new mathematics" of his day. We disagree completely with her thesis.
Punk Whiz 11, A. Anil
Punk Whiz 11, A. Anil
Word Ways
Another Pun Quiz. The misdefinitions usually also hint at the true meanings. Numbers in parentheses are the letters in the answer; (3|4) is a charade, a seven letter word that splits into a three plus four letter pun. My answers are out back.
The Word Magic Of Lewis Carroll, Richard Lederer
The Word Magic Of Lewis Carroll, Richard Lederer
Word Ways
The smashing success of the Tim Burton-Johnny Depp film Alice in Wonderland is vivid evidence of our fascination with Lewis Carroll's work for almost a century and a half.
Numerical Charades Part 3, Susan Thorpe
Numerical Charades Part 3, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
Part 1 examined Palindromic, Tautonymic and Miami Numerical Charades, wilst Part 2 examined Progressive and Regressive Numerical Series Charades. Currently, Part 3 is devoted to what might be called combination charades.