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Presidential Anagrams, A. Ross Eckler
Presidential Anagrams, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
The year 1976 witnessed a unique melding of American history and presidential politics. In view of this conjunction, it seems appropriate to present the latest results of a long-term activity of recreational linguists -- the anagramming of presidential names. For readers unfamiliar with this activity, an anagram of a presidential name is a rearrangement of the letters into a word or phrase that pithily characterizes the man. Unfortunately, the ideal of appositeness is difficult to realize in practice because of the small number of letters one has to work with -- the longest name has 23, and two have only …
6000 Words, Darryl Francis
6000 Words, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
Webster's Third New International Dictionary (hereafter abbreviated W3) was published in 1961. The contents of this dictionary have been examined from many different angles over the years in Word Ways. Five years after publication, in 1966, the publishers updated the dictionary with an eight-page addenda section (pages 57 to 64a) containing words and meanings that had come into wide use since W3 was first published.
The Keystone Of Logology, Dmitri A. Borgmann
The Keystone Of Logology, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
All English words and names -- all, without a single exception -- are logologically interesting.
Punching Out A Tennis Slogan, Richard Lederer
Punching Out A Tennis Slogan, Richard Lederer
Word Ways
Last year, the New Hampshire Lawn Tennis Association sponsored a slogan contest. Since its inception, the Association's letterhead symbol has been two crossed tennis racquets, and the NHLTA president offered a prize to the member who could serve up the snappiest slogan to go with the logo.
Russian-English Word Squares, George J. Grieshaber
Russian-English Word Squares, George J. Grieshaber
Word Ways
The Russian alphabet, called Cyrillic, is "reported to have been invented" by St. Cyril in the 9th century. He assigned one letter to each different sound that he heard spoken -- no S for both s and sh, no C for both c and k, no OUGH for uff, ow, off, etc. At the turn of the 20th century there were 36 Cyrillic letters. In 1918 the Bolsheviks eilminated four letters entirely , and about 98 per cent of a fifth, leaving only 32 for current use. Of these 32, twelve look like our English …
Nymo Rhymes, Jay Ames
Nymo Rhymes, Jay Ames
Word Ways
In the February 9th entry of his entertaining book, An Almanac of Worlds at Play (Clarkson N. Potter, 1975), Willard Espy described his bafflement when his daughter brought home a slim book of French poetry, Mots d'Heures: Gousses, Rames. At least it looked French, but he could make neither head nor tail of the verses inside. Only when he tried reading them aloud did he realize that there was a familiar ring to them: Mother Goose Rhymes!
Instructions To Authors
Word Ways
Instructions to authors wishing to contribute to the publication.
Strange Paradoxes, Jezebel Q. Xixx
Strange Paradoxes, Jezebel Q. Xixx
Word Ways
The Colloquy in the November 1976 issue of Word Ways mentions the curious fact that buttermilk is milk from which the butter content has been removed. This makes buttermilk the opposite of what it ought to be, judging by its name: milk containing butter.
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 up to a month prior to publication of an issue will appear in that issue.
Word Ways, Darryl Francis
Word Ways, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
It is a reasonably safe assumption that most readers of Word Ways know something of the technical terms relating to the study of words and language. By analogy, a competent brain surgeon must know the various technical terms relevant to his skills. Without this knowledge he is little more than a dilettante, incapable of usefully describing his skills to an onlooker. Is not the same true for the study of words and language?
Base 26, Philip M. Cohen
Base 26, Philip M. Cohen
Word Ways
In "Sea-Changed Words" in the February 1969 issue of Word Ways, Howard Bergerson discussed ways of transforming words using numerical equivalents for their letters. In "Ten Logotopian Lingos (Part 2)" in the February 1971 issue of Word Ways, J. A. Lindon presented a conversation in Numbo-Carrean, a language where all words correspond to squares. However, neither article exploited the possibilities of the most natural lnk between words and numbers: base 26.
Son Of A Giant Sea Tortoise, Philip M. Cohen
Son Of A Giant Sea Tortoise, Philip M. Cohen
Word Ways
If you've read Thank You For the Giant Sea Tortoise (Viking, 1971) edited by Mary Ann Madden, you know what to expect from her more recent Son of a Giant Sea Tortoise (Viking, 1975). If you haven't -- this is an even bigger (376 pages instead of 230) collection of results from 44 New York Magazine competitions.
Tudor Nomenclature, R. Robinson Rowe
Tudor Nomenclature, R. Robinson Rowe
Word Ways
A letter from my granddaughter Betsy, attending her first Girl Scout camp ten years ago, included the brag, "Tomorrow I'll be in charge of the latrine (bathroom)". Explaining the devious terminology with another was apter than she knew, for the word derives from lavatrina, where Romans bathed.
Words Into Numbers, Darryl Francis
Words Into Numbers, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
In our article "Cardinal Transposals" in the November 1975 issue of Word Ways, we sought transposals for each of the number-names from ONE to TWENTY (by tens, from TWENTY to ONE HUNDRED). Many of these words were rare or obsolete, last used centuries ago. If one is permitted to add one or more letters before transposing, it is possible to locate much more common words corresponding to the number-names.
Cycle Structure Of Words, Walter Penney
Cycle Structure Of Words, Walter Penney
Word Ways
The letters of a word can be numbered alphabetically, i.e. the letter of the word occurring earliest in the alphabet can be assigned the number 1, the next letter 2, etc.
Pangram Variations, A. Ross Eckler
Pangram Variations, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
Pangrams -- sentences in which each letter of the alphabet is used exactly once -- have been around for many years. Although a definitive article on their history has never, to my knowledge, been written, attempts to create pangrams go go back at least a century.
A Near-Miss 10-By-10 Word Square, A. Ross Eckler
A Near-Miss 10-By-10 Word Square, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
Recent articles by Doug McIlroy in Word Ways have demonstrated the value of the computer in discovering previously-unknown 6-by-6 double word squares and 7-by-7 word squares composed of relatively common words. Can the power of the computer be directed to the considerably more difficult task of finding an English-language 10-by-10 word squares?
Hard-To-Find Words In Web 3 (T-Z), Ralph G. Beaman
Hard-To-Find Words In Web 3 (T-Z), Ralph G. Beaman
Word Ways
List of hard to find words.
Kickshaws, Charles W. Bostick
Kickshaws, Charles W. Bostick
Word Ways
Kickshaws is currently being assembled by a series of guest editors. All contributions should be sent to the editor in Morristown, New Jersey.
Nuts, Maxey Brooke
Nuts, Maxey Brooke
Word Ways
It began innocently enough. Phil was sitting at his desk chewing something.
Answers And Solutions
Word Ways
Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue.
The Last Word
Word Ways
To use an overworked phrase, I have both good news and bad news to report to the readers of Word Ways.
Homophone Pairs, Charles W. Bostick
Homophone Pairs, Charles W. Bostick
Word Ways
Variant pronunciations of words are more common than variant spellings. And just as dictionaries try to reflect accepted spellings, so also do they give common pronunciations. They seldom, of course, catch local accents, twangs, intonations or cadences.
Computers As Aids To Linguistic Studies, Kathy J. Scheiern
Computers As Aids To Linguistic Studies, Kathy J. Scheiern
Honors Theses
The main bulk of my senior honors project consists of a computer program. Therefore, I will attempt, in this paper, to give a brief general description of this program in regards to its development, its uses, and its possible classroom applications.
Suggested Activities For Using The Newspaper In The Esl Classroom, Carol Gordenstein
Suggested Activities For Using The Newspaper In The Esl Classroom, Carol Gordenstein
MA TESOL Collection
The following project is designed to help teachers introduce the newspaper into the ESL classroom by means of specific activities which have relevance in language teaching. These activities contain both linguistic and cultural content, and can be implemented for various levels. The collection of ideas is grouped according to particular news articles, with a brief description of each type of feature, an example of the feature, and a list of specific and sometimes more general activities related to the feature. This project can be used as a supplement to regular language teaching procedures, and it is hoped that it will …
Louisiana French: A Linguistic Study With A Descriptive Analysis Of Lafourche Dialect., Larbi Oukada
Louisiana French: A Linguistic Study With A Descriptive Analysis Of Lafourche Dialect., Larbi Oukada
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.
A Unified Theory Of Adverbials Based On The "Sanctae Silviae Peregrinatioad Loca Sancta."., James Alexander Thorburn
A Unified Theory Of Adverbials Based On The "Sanctae Silviae Peregrinatioad Loca Sancta."., James Alexander Thorburn
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.
Features Of Serbo-Croatian For Language Teachers, Eric G. Vaszolyi
Features Of Serbo-Croatian For Language Teachers, Eric G. Vaszolyi
Research outputs pre 2011
Teachers of migrant children experience a great many difficulties in trying to understand and resolve their pupils' language problems. One basic problem is all too familiar: the teacher speaks English and the migrant child does not understand it or only understands it to some, rather limited, extent. Another problem area: the pupil picks up some English in the classroom, on the playground and out in the street but speaks it with a peculiar accent and peppers it with phonemic, grammatical and semantic errors. The child's deviations from the generally accepted patterns of English (i.e. the prevalent variety of English spoken …
Philological Association Of The Carolinas Records - Accession 118, Philological Association Of The Carolinas
Philological Association Of The Carolinas Records - Accession 118, Philological Association Of The Carolinas
Manuscript Collection
The Philological Association of the Carolinas Records consist of correspondence, evaluation sheets, registration forms, research papers, program notes, and newspaper clippings concerning the founding of the Association, its first annual meeting at Winthrop, and the presentation of papers at the meeting.