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Phobia And Counterphobia, Paul Hellweg May 1985

Phobia And Counterphobia, Paul Hellweg

Word Ways

Two wrongs are rumored to make things right, but do two phobias cancel each other out? For example, if a claustrophobe (one who fears closed spaces) were to become agoraphobic (fear of open spaces), would he be cured? Or would he simply have no place to go? Perhaps this is a fool's question, but the point is that a lot of phobias have direct opposites. (Not all phobias, however, have a counterpart. Many of us have ballistophobia - fear of being shot, but do you know anyone with a fear of not being shot?)

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Long Isograms (Part 1), Dmitri A. Borgmann May 1985

Long Isograms (Part 1), Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

One of the aesthetic delights available to logologists is contemplating isograms: words, names, and other verbal entitites in which each of the alphabetic letters used appears the same specified number of times. PSEUDOMYTHICAL, for instance, is a solo isogram, using each of 14 different letters once; HAPPENCHANCE is a pair isogram, using each of 6 different letters twice; and SESTETTES is a trio isogram, using each of 3 different letters three times. In a cryptographic context, solo isograms are known as nonpattern terms; in a pangrammatic setting, as partial pangrams. Beyond trio isograms lie hitherto unexplored higher orders -- tetrad, …

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Two-Letter Interjections, Philip L. Pollack May 1985

Two-Letter Interjections, Philip L. Pollack

Word Ways

It is a curious fact that a substantial percentage of two-letter words are interjections; of the 227 words in the "Dictionary of Two-Letter Words" issued by the Biliteral Society and reviewed below, grouping interjections according to feelings, commands and statements, show the great variety of messages that can be sent.

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Welsh: Reversed English!, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1985

Welsh: Reversed English!, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

In the February 1984 issue of Word Ways, Canadian Jay Ames presented a list of 121 English words which also happen to be Czech words - though their meanings in Czech are unrelated to those in English. Of these 121 words, 54 were words of 2 or 3 letters, too short to be really interesting. That left 67 worthwhile specimens of the genre under consideration.

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To Act Or Not To Act, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1985

To Act Or Not To Act, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

"To be, or not to be" was the question troubling Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark. A somewhat analogous question troubling me has been whether "to act, or not to act." Torn by indecision, I finally decided to entrust the verdict to proverbial wisdom - to the accumulated experience of millions of human beings over a span of centuries.

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Answers And Solutions Feb 1985

Answers And Solutions

Word Ways

Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue.

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An Alien Lexicon, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1985

An Alien Lexicon, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

Since the end of the Second World War, both laymen and scientists have given a great deal of thought to the possibility, or probability, of intelligent life elsewhere than on the earth - on other planets off the solar system, in other star systems of the Milky Way galaxy, and in other galaxies scattered through the physical universe. As a consequence, a large and varied vocabulary of terms designating different kinds of otherworldly beings has come into use.

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The "G" Spot, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1985

The "G" Spot, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

This is the spot in your new issue of Word Ways devoted to a long-overdue discussion of a peculiar quirk in pronouncing the letter "G." Help me expand that spot into a full-blown article, won't you?

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Dmitri Borgmann, Father Of Logology Feb 1985

Dmitri Borgmann, Father Of Logology

Word Ways

It has often been said that an institution is merely the lengthened shadow of a man. Logology in general, and Word Ways in particular, owes much to Dmitri Borgmann; this issue, consisting entirely of his handiwork (except for this article and Colloquy), is a salute to his long-lasting devotion to the cause of wordplay.

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Three Miraculous Solutions, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1985

Three Miraculous Solutions, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

One of the delights available to a logologist is analyzing a word problem and its solution. When the logologist makes the analytical process the focal point of his inquiry, both the problem as such and its solution as such are relegated to secondary importance. This article highlights such a situation.

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Back Cover Feb 1985

Back Cover

Word Ways

Back cover, including instructions to authors wishing to contribute to the publication.

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Our Feathered Friends, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1985

Our Feathered Friends, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

This is a test of your ability to perceive wholes within larger wholes - to recognize linguistic structures embedded within greater linguistic structures. The linguistic structures employed are words and two-word terms, typically dictionary entries.

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Front Cover And Publication Information -- Volume 18, Number 1 Feb 1985

Front Cover And Publication Information -- Volume 18, Number 1

Word Ways

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

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Horse Proverbs, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1985

Horse Proverbs, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

In "Horsing Around" in the November 1984 Word Ways, Leonard Ashley challenged readers to come up with 24 proverbs about horses, citing three alleged examples. Two of his three examples are phrase, not genuine proverbs, and the third one uses the plural HORSES instead of the singular HORSE. Below are 25 authentic proverbs, all of them using the singular form HORSE. I have selected them from 172 horse proverbs in the following reference work.

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Some Odd Title Malarkey, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1985

Some Odd Title Malarkey, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

You've written a brilliant article for Word Ways - one destined to change the future of logology. All that's left for you to do before you mail it in to the editor is to give it a suitable title. That's where you get stuck. Days, weeks, months pass: you sweat and you struggle, but nothing that you can possibly call your work of genius comes to your mind. In despaire, you throw the article into your fireplace, incinerating it. Both you and logology have suffered an irreparable loss.

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Quelque Chose, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1985

Quelque Chose, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

The word kickshaw is derived from the French quelque chose, meaning "something"; in English, the word means "a bauble, trifle, or knickknack" or "a fancy tidbit." Kickshaws transposes to sick hawks, meaning "unhealthy attempts to clear the throat of phlegm" - not, I trust, an accurate description of the following.

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Colloquy Feb 1985

Colloquy

Word Ways

Webster's Dictionary defines colloquy as mutual discourse. Readers are encouraged to submit additions, corrections, and comments about earlier articles appearing in Word Ways. Comments received at least one month prior to publication of an issue will appear in that issue.

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Speaking Of Fingers, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1985

Speaking Of Fingers, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

Have you thought about your fingers lately? Have you taken a long, hard look at them, assessing their relative strengths and weaknesses?

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The Majestic Palindrome, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1985

The Majestic Palindrome, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

Towering above all other features of the logological landscape are palindromes. Enveloped in a majestic, icy, unapproachable grandeur all their own, their perfect symmetry or balance has symbolized the eternal in a changing world - for more than 2000 years. Palindromes therefore constitute the logological equivalent of an archetypal Platonic form - a form which all else reflects imperfectly, and to which it aspires, but which nothing else can ever attain.

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Occult Occupations, Dmitri A. Borgmann Feb 1985

Occult Occupations, Dmitri A. Borgmann

Word Ways

Most people watch movies. I watch the credits listed at the end of movies. For a logologist, those credits are often more interesting than motion-picture plots. The time has come for me to share some of my discoveries with you.

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Tzutujil Grammar, Jon P. Dayley Jan 1985

Tzutujil Grammar, Jon P. Dayley

Faculty & Staff Authored Books

This work is a reference grammar of the Tzutujjl language spoken in the departments of Solola and Suchitepequez in Guatemala. Tzutujil is one of approximately thirty Mayan languages that are spoken by several million people in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. All Mayan languages lie within the Meso-American cultural area. Tzutujil belongs to the Greater Quichean branch of the Eastern division of Mayan languages, and it is most closely affiliated with Cakchiquel, Quiche, Sacapultec, and Sipacapa (Campbell 1977; Kaufman 1974, 1976).

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Strukturalisme : Kajian Kes Linguistik, Z. Buang Jan 1985

Strukturalisme : Kajian Kes Linguistik, Z. Buang

Pre-2000

No abstract provided.

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The Shifting Vocabulary Of Antitrust--Legal Linguistics In A Period Of Change, Betty Bock Jan 1985

The Shifting Vocabulary Of Antitrust--Legal Linguistics In A Period Of Change, Betty Bock

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Language Attrition In French-Speaking Missionaries, Peggy S. Mauerman Jan 1985

Language Attrition In French-Speaking Missionaries, Peggy S. Mauerman

Theses and Dissertations

Patterns of language loss were analyzed in twenty-five returned French-speaking missionaries who had spent from one-and-a-half to two years in a French-speaking environment and who had returned to the United States from four months to five years ago. The subjects were given a written vocabulary test and an oral interview to determine their proficiency in the language. The results of this study showed that the patterns or change in particular language forms varied according to each language form. Some categories showed an obvious pattern of loss while some varied from year to year, with no pattern of any kind in …

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Front Cover And Publication Information -- Volume 17, Number 4 Nov 1984

Front Cover And Publication Information -- Volume 17, Number 4

Word Ways

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

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Infinite-Tile Scrabble, Alan Frank Nov 1984

Infinite-Tile Scrabble, Alan Frank

Word Ways

Some time ago, I began to wonder how high a Scrabble game score I could get from an infinite pool of tiles. My first inclination was to play as many bingos (seven-tile plays having a bonus value) as possible, but Steve Root suggested the pattern of ZAXes in the game below, which improved the score considerably. In fact, Player 1 scores 1759 points and Player 2, 5337, for a grand total of 7096. Webster's Second is the dictionary of record.

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In Search Of Perfection, Rod P. Selden Nov 1984

In Search Of Perfection, Rod P. Selden

Word Ways

From time to time, a puzzle contest comes along which is logologically interesting or significant. Such a contest was the recent Word Marathon sponsored by Games magazine. The deadline for receipt of all contest entries by the sponsor was September 4, 1984. The contest results will probably be announced in the December 1984 or the January 1985 issue of the magazine.

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Dromes, Phones And Graphs, Harry B. Partridge Nov 1984

Dromes, Phones And Graphs, Harry B. Partridge

Word Ways

Early in September in this year of quadrennial madness, I had written to Dr. H.K. Wombat at his retreat in the Alpujarras in Spain for his prediction of the outcome of the Reagan-Mondale contest. Weeks elapsed without an answer, and I supposed that the worthy marsupial had either gone walkabout or was again engaged in the matters of international intrigue which had taken him to Spain in the first place.

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Shortenings, Blends And Acronyms, Robert Devereux Nov 1984

Shortenings, Blends And Acronyms, Robert Devereux

Word Ways

The English lexicon has attained its present size, at least in part, by the creation of new words based on existing ones. In large measure this has involved the addition of prefixes and suffixes to existing words to create new ones having new meanings or nuances, but subtractive ways of using existing words to create new ones have also been used. Three closely-related types of such words - shortenings, blends and acronyms - are discussed below; in all three, a new word is created by taking letters in order from the original word or words.

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Colloquy Nov 1984

Colloquy

Word Ways

Webster's Dictionary defines colloquy as mutual discourse. Readers are encouraged to submit additions, corrections, and comments about earlier articles appearing in Word Ways. Comments received at least one month prior to publication of an issue will appear in that issue.

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