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Words, Non-Words, Nonce Words, A. Ross Eckler
Words, Non-Words, Nonce Words, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
What is a word? From Lewis Carroll onwards, this apparently simple question has bedeviled countless word buffs, whether they are participating in a game of Scrabble or writing an article on long transposals for Word Ways. The purpose of this article is to examine various aspects of the problem, in hope that each person facing it may decide where to draw his own line between words and non-words. This article does not attempt to impose a single line which all logologists must toe.
Kickshaws, David L. Silverman
Kickshaws, David L. Silverman
Word Ways
Readers are encouraged to send their own favorite linguistic kickshaws to the Associate Editor. All answers appear in the Answers and Solutions at the end of this issue.
Multiple Anagrams, John Mcclellan
Multiple Anagrams, John Mcclellan
Word Ways
The following is suggested as a method of evaluating anagrams, and a tentative "yardstick" is shown in Figure 1.
Entries From An Anagram Dictionary, Darryl Francis
Entries From An Anagram Dictionary, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
The idea has often been proposed that an alphabetical anagram dictionary should be constructed. Every word in the English language is converted to its alphabetical anagram, in which its letters appear in alphabetical order. For example, BAGGYWRINKLE becomes ABEGGIKLNRWY. The alphabetical anagrams are then arranged in alphabetical order to form a dictionary. Each entry in this alphabetically arranged volume has listed under it the word or words which can be made from all of its letters.
Logomachy
Word Ways
In this issue, Word Ways introduces a new column featuring various competitive word games; readers are invited to match their wits against each other. The title is derived from the Greek logos (word) and mache (contest), and is defined in Webster's and the Oxford Universal as (1) a contention about words, and (2) a game of word making.
Kickshaws, David L. Silverman
Kickshaws, David L. Silverman
Word Ways
Readers are encouraged to send their own favorite linguistic kickshaws to the Associate Editor (note new address). All answers appear in the Answers and Solutions at the end of this issue.
Old Wine In New Bottles, Mary J. Youngquist
Old Wine In New Bottles, Mary J. Youngquist
Word Ways
The following abstracts from the Journal de la Mere Oye are translations from the original into language more readily understood by those well-versed in the art. Some readers may have made an early encounter of these abstracts in the original form, but the scientific principles involved were probably not entirely elucidated.
Four Out Of Five, Murray R. Pearce
Four Out Of Five, Murray R. Pearce
Word Ways
In Beyond Language (p. 279) Dmitri Borgmann says, "... (The) word AZOXY is a milestone of sorts in the field of wordplay: if we write the alphabet along the circumference of a circle ... then four of the five letters in AZOXY -- the letters X, Y, Z, A -- appear consecutively in our circular alphabet. Very few, indeed, are the five-letter words that can make such a claim!" Mr. Borgmann was referring to The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary where AZOXY is given as the first part of the two-word entry AZOXY COMPOUND. We can accept AZOXY as a word …
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.
To The Fair Fluke!, M. H. Greenblatt
To The Fair Fluke!, M. H. Greenblatt
Word Ways
Captain Ahab put the spyglass down on the ship's table with a grunt of satisfaction. There was no doubt about it; the indistinct pale shape on the starboard horizon was Moby Dick. Was his long search at an end? Hastily he uncorked a bottle of rum and poured its contents into a tumbler. Raising this in the direction of the distant whale, he murmured to himself "A toast - to the fair fluke!"
Ten Logotopian Lingos (Part 2), J. A. Lindon
Ten Logotopian Lingos (Part 2), J. A. Lindon
Word Ways
Spoonerian, Transposian, Numbo-Carrean, Liquidian, Explodian, Newspeak.
A Crucial Quiz, Darryl Francis
A Crucial Quiz, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
Somewhile ago, we took part in a contest where those participating had to find as many words as possible ending with the letter X that could be found in the thirteen-volume Oxford English Dictionary. This particular contest was inspired no doubt by the fact that the contest sponsor's name, that of a major British breakfast cereal manufacturer, ended with the letter X. The contest ran for just three days -- not a great deal of time in which to search through the 16,400 pages of the OED. Nevertheless, after the three days were up, we had compiled a rather extensive …
Pluralities (Part 2), Ralph G. Beaman
Pluralities (Part 2), Ralph G. Beaman
Word Ways
Welcome back to the wonderful world of Pluralities. Did you notice Additional Plurals in Part 1 was incomplete?
Simpler Riten English Is Posibl, Kenneth H. Ives
Simpler Riten English Is Posibl, Kenneth H. Ives
Word Ways
English speech has drifted away from correspondens to its spelling. Efforts to reform spelling have ocurd since 1554, with only partial success. As a result, a recent study found over 500 spellings in use for the 41 common sounds in English words. Thus it is claimed there would be precedent for 613,975 different spellings of one particular word, one of which is pphoughtluipsh. This looks foolish -- & is, for it uses the spellings of sounds in sapphire, through, hustle, build & pshaw.
Megalosesquipedalia, Ralph G. Beaman
Megalosesquipedalia, Ralph G. Beaman
Word Ways
Silent Logologists everywhere, Arise! Speak out! Be heard! A most disturbing and sinister event has occurred. SOMEONE has unilaterally decreed the end to megalosesquipedalia!
A Literary Word Chain, Mary J. Youngquist
A Literary Word Chain, Mary J. Youngquist
Word Ways
The November 1970 issue of Word Ways challenged readers to write articles in which the last letter of each word was echoed by the first letter of the next word. A recent blizzard inspired the following poetical word chain.
Instructions To Authors
Word Ways
Instructions to authors wishing to contribute to the publication.
Vowel Trigrams, Delphi Knoxjaqzonville
Vowel Trigrams, Delphi Knoxjaqzonville
Word Ways
In the August and November 1969 Word Ways, Ross and Faith Eckler presented a list of common trigrams that can be found in English words. They deserve congratulations, along with their helpers, for undertaking what, initially, must have appeared to be a Herculean task. They managed to track down 6,500+ of the 17,576 possible trigrams.
Answers And Solutions
Word Ways
Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue.
Websterian Weirdies, Darryl Francis
Websterian Weirdies, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
In the course of our logological ramblings, we have noticed a number of strange entries in both the Second and Third Editions of Webster's New International Dictionary. The purpose of this article is to draw the reader's attention to some of these strange entries. To be more precise, we are going to pose a number of questions and let the reader have the pleasure of trying to answer them.
Front Cover, Publication Information
Front Cover, Publication Information
Word Ways
Front cover, Publication information, Table of contents
A Phonological Analysis Of A Brazilian Portuguese Interior Dialect., Giles Lother Istre
A Phonological Analysis Of A Brazilian Portuguese Interior Dialect., Giles Lother Istre
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.
The Jibaro Dialect Of Puerto Rico As Exemplified In Sections Of 'La Carreta' By Rene Marques., James Edward Shaffer
The Jibaro Dialect Of Puerto Rico As Exemplified In Sections Of 'La Carreta' By Rene Marques., James Edward Shaffer
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.
The Development Of The English-French, French-English Bilingual Dictionary: A Study In Comparative Lexicography., James David Anderson
The Development Of The English-French, French-English Bilingual Dictionary: A Study In Comparative Lexicography., James David Anderson
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.
Syntactic Correlates Of Social Stratification., Robert Edward Callary
Syntactic Correlates Of Social Stratification., Robert Edward Callary
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.
The Effects Of Simplification Of A Complex Linguistic Task On The Learning Of The Task, Sally Johnson
The Effects Of Simplification Of A Complex Linguistic Task On The Learning Of The Task, Sally Johnson
Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
"Priorities In Teaching Pronunciation", Clifford Holmes Prator
"Priorities In Teaching Pronunciation", Clifford Holmes Prator
Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers
No abstract provided.
Pluralities (Part 1), Ralph G. Beaman
Pluralities (Part 1), Ralph G. Beaman
Word Ways
These are all plurals. Do they look strange? Welcome, to the wonderful world of Pluralities.
Redmen For Well-Read Men, Leonard R. N. Ashley
Redmen For Well-Read Men, Leonard R. N. Ashley
Word Ways
A couple of years ago I addressed the annual meeting of the American Name Society on "Rockomastics: The Names of Popular Musical Aggregations" and in the February 1968 Word Ways I took up "Musical Nouns of Multitude" from the Supremes to the Strawberry Alarm Clock. What I now call petronymics (the names of rock groups), however, seems to be related to the names of some of the oldest inhabitants of America. Below are the English translations of the common names of Indians of North and South America (in parenthesis, the language that has furnished us with the name we use …