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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.
Three Poems From One Fountain, Howard W. Bergerson, A. Ross Eckler
Three Poems From One Fountain, Howard W. Bergerson, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
Take a poem and rearrange its words into an alphabetical list; then give this list to a person unfamiliar with the original poem and ask him to construct a second poem out of this material. How similar will the two poems be?
Zero Redundancy Rides Again, Darryl Francis
Zero Redundancy Rides Again, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
Dmitri Borgmann's second book, Beyond Language (Scribner's), was published in 1967. One of the articles in this book which particularly fascinated us was that entitled Zero Redundancy. Borgmann points out that the first letter of a word may be any one of 26; the second letter may also be any one of 26. Therefore, there are 26 x 26 ( = 676) different two-letter combinations with which a word can begin.
Cut And Come Again, Mohan Lal Sharma
Cut And Come Again, Mohan Lal Sharma
Word Ways
Cut is an onomatopoeic word -- its sharp sound suggests hidden sinister meanings. Cutpurses have disappeared -- a purse being slightly passe -- and their place taken by pickpockets. Cutthroats -- not all of whom are overcharging shopkeepers -- seem to have increased, thanks to the encores of certain political parties.
Answers And Solutions
Word Ways
Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue.
Kickshaws, David L. Silverman
Kickshaws, David L. Silverman
Word Ways
Readers are encouraged to send their own favorite linguistic kickshaws to the Kickshaws Editor. All answers known to the editor appear in the Answers and Solutions at the end of this issue.
Alphabet Sports, John Muirhead
Alphabet Sports, John Muirhead
Word Ways
Games, puzzles and related recreations have for centuries provided people with pleasant and harmless ways of passing their time. In an age of increasing leisure, however, even the most stimulating pastimes grow boring. Hence, the need for new and different forms of recreation continues to grow.
A Geography Lesson, Darryl Francis
A Geography Lesson, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
In the May 1968 Word Ways the word AFJUZANXESQUE made its first appearance on the logological scene. The word, a coined one, meaning in the style of, or characteristic of, the French town ARJUZANX, was deemed necessary because it exhibited the four most infrequently used letters of the English language, J. Q, X and Z. This word coined by us can now be considered redundant. We have found a genuine -- yes, genuine -- word which employs the four letters J, Q, X, and Z. The word in question is ZIQ-XHAFEJ.
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Front Cover, Publication Information
Word Ways
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The Baleful Tale Of Hale And Gale, Scott Hattie
The Baleful Tale Of Hale And Gale, Scott Hattie
Word Ways
Whenever I see a palindrome I am touched by sadness, for it reminds me of the tragic fate of my former colleague, Mr. Gale, and his boss, Mr. Hale. From the first, their behavior in each other's company struck me as most unnatural. Like an electron and a positron, they lived peaceably enough in different universes, but as soon as they came together each threatened to annihilate the other.
A Repeat Performance, Darryl Francis
A Repeat Performance, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
We expect that most readers are familiar with the story concerning the two typesetters, Archimedes and Had. But, for those that do not know the story or only vaguely remember it, we shall briefly repeat it.
Syllabilities, Ralph G. Beaman
Syllabilities, Ralph G. Beaman
Word Ways
The August 1969 and February 1970 issues of Word Ways contained several comments on word lengths as measured by the number of letters and the number of syllables. Obviously, it is high time to examine these problems in detail. Before we start, we establish ground rules. Our authority shall be Webster's New International Dictionary, Third Edition; only if this is exhausted, or some special case arises, may a different authority be used.
The Mystery Of Black Island, Dmitri A. Borgmann
The Mystery Of Black Island, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
You have entered a prize contest that requires you to identify small map sections. You are presented with several dozen such sections, photographed from miscellaneous maps of different parts of the United States. Each section is 1" x 1" in size, or even smaller, and shows one or two very minor place names. Your problem is to determine in which state each section is located.
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.
More Viae, Darryl Francis
More Viae, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
In the November 1968 Word Ways there appeared a small article on street designations that are current in the United States. Some thirty in all were listed. To an English eye many of these were strange and certainly could not be found in England. For example, freeway and expressway are alien.
Anagramming One Poem Into Another, A. Ross Eckler
Anagramming One Poem Into Another, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
In the February 1969 issue of Word Ways, Howard Bergerson dissected a poem into an alphabetical list of 478 words and invited readers to construct a new poem out of this raw material. One reader -- J. A. Lindon of Weybridge, Surrey, England -- took up the challenge, and in the next issue of Word Ways the original poem and the reconstruction were presented simultaneously.
The Saddest Word, Nohan Lal Sharma
The Saddest Word, Nohan Lal Sharma
Word Ways
Sir James Barrie describes in his autobiography that he was once travelling on the Scotch Express -- it was not then called the Flying Scotsman -- from Edinburgh to London, and further describes how five young ladies boarded his compartment at Carlisle and had an animated discussion on the topic: Which is the saddest word in the English language?
French Homophones, Guy Lapalme
French Homophones, Guy Lapalme
Word Ways
In the August 1969 issue of Word Ways, J. A. Lindon introduced the concept of a homophone -- a sentence whose sound is such that it can be written down and interpreted as regards meaning in two distinct ways. The following French homophones were proposed by Alphonse Allais.
What's In A Name?, Leonard R. N. Ashley
What's In A Name?, Leonard R. N. Ashley
Word Ways
A few years ago, when I was writing a regular column for Pageant magazine, I discovered that letters came in from many places (even far-off India and Australia) after I pointed out the obvious fact that Logan created the loganberry, Machiavelli was immortalized by the adjective machiavellian, Gage grew the greengage, and Sinclair Lewis's George Babbitt epitomized Babbittry.
Webster's Zones, Ralph G. Beaman
Webster's Zones, Ralph G. Beaman
Word Ways
The inclination of the earth's equatorial plane to the plane of the earth's orbit around the sun, termed the obliquity of the ecliptic by astronomer's, is approximately equal to 23º27' of arc. If this inclination were 0º the sun would remain directly overhead the Equator throughout the year and there would be no seasons. In reality, the directly overhead point of the sun moves north and south with the seasons.
Some Mathematical Anagrams, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Some Mathematical Anagrams, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
If astrologists believe that one's future is determined by the positions of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth, then by analogy logologists must believe that one's future is determined by the name one is given at birth. One can ignore the surname, as this is already given; but how should the baby's first name be selected? Clearly, a clue to his (or her) future occupation can be obtained by examining an anagram of the name.
Alphametics For Ten-Digit Squares, Leslie E. Card
Alphametics For Ten-Digit Squares, Leslie E. Card
Word Ways
Among the nearly 70,000 ten-digit numbers representing the squres of 31, 501 to 99,381, inclusive, only 87 consist of unique digits, i.e., contain all ten digits 0 through 9. A list of these 87 squares is given by T. Charles Jones in the article "Squares with 9 and 10 Distinct Digits" published on pp. 62-63 of the Journal of Recreational Mathematics 1 (1968). Only 27 of these 87 numbers are the squares of five-digit numbers which likewise consist of unique digits.
The Art Of The State, Darryl Francis
The Art Of The State, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
In this article we shall discuss two areas of logological interest in which the fifty state-names play a prominent part. No doubt the reader will be able to discover further areas for himself.
Kickshaws, David L. Silverman
Kickshaws, David L. Silverman
Word Ways
Readers are encouraged to send their own favorite linguistic kickshaws to the Kickshaws Editor. All answers known to the editor appear in the Answers and Solutions at the end of this issue.
Answers And Solutions
Word Ways
Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue.
Instructions To Authors
Word Ways
Instructions to authors wishing to contribute to the publication.
Editorial
Word Ways
Welcome, once again, to Word Ways -- with a new editor, a new publisher, a new format, and a new subscription price. The only constant in this shifting pattern is the purpose of Word Ways.
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Word Ways
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The Evolution Of A Palindrome, Dmitri A. Borgmann
The Evolution Of A Palindrome, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
A word such as CIVIC, ROTATOR, or SEMITIMES, that is spelled exactly the same way backward as it is forward, is called a palindrome. There are many short palindromes, but the number decreases sharply with increase in word length.
Numerical Tautonyms, Darryl Francis
Numerical Tautonyms, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
A tautonym is a word, name or term which consists of two or more identical parts. Examples are DODO, PAPA, TARTAR, WOGGA WOGGA, CHA-CHA-CAH and KUKUKUKU.