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Answers And Solutions
Word Ways
Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue as well as the previous issue.
Imitating Ho Chi Minh, Rudolph W. Castown
Imitating Ho Chi Minh, Rudolph W. Castown
Word Ways
Famous- or infamous- statesmen are not above indulging in word games. Ho Chi Minh, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, while a prisoner in China, circa 1943, whiled his time away by writing poems. He wrote them in classical Chinese, not in Vietnamese, lest his jailers become suspicious. They have been translated into English in the cited work.
The Cryptogram: English In Its Glory
The Cryptogram: English In Its Glory
Word Ways
A cryptogram is a puzzle in cipher, usually a sentence of varying length, in which each letter is represented by another letter, but always by the same letter throughout.
Renaming The Numbers, Rudolph Ondrejka
Renaming The Numbers, Rudolph Ondrejka
Word Ways
In our first issue, we presented the existing names for very large numbers, pointed out the many inconsistencies and imperfections in those names, and suggested that readers attempt to devise an improved system of number names.
Front Cover, Publication Information
Front Cover, Publication Information
Word Ways
Front Cover, Publication Information, Table of Contents
Musical Nouns Of Multitude, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Musical Nouns Of Multitude, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
In the 14th and 15th centuries, a large number of so-called "nouns of multitude" made their way into the English language. Most of them were colorful designations for groups of birds and animals. Surviving to the present day are such surprising expressions as "a shrewdness of apes," "an exaltation of larks," "a skulk of foxes," and "a murmuration of starlings."
Super-Quiz No. 1, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Super-Quiz No. 1, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
This is only a spelling quiz ... but we're willing to wager that it's the toughest one you've ever seen.
We have selected 25 English words, names, or terms. For each one, we have given you the pronunciation (respelling the word or name rather grotesquely for that purpose) and the meaning. All you need to do is to write down the correct, spelling.
An Editorial, Dmitri A. Borgmann
An Editorial, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
Welcome to WORD WAYS!
The Journal of Recreational Linguistics has been created to provide a forum for all people interested in word puzzles and in other recreational aspects of language, a meeting ground for active minds comparable to the many books, magazines, and columns devoted to mathematical recreations. Addressing itself to a broad spectrum of word interests, it is the first and only periodical of the kind.
The Strangest Crossword Puzzle, Edward L. Lee
The Strangest Crossword Puzzle, Edward L. Lee
Word Ways
Since the common crossword puzzle is currently the most popular of all word games, it becomes the logical starting point for our adventures in the world of words.
Presented below is a crossword puzzle designed to test the ingenuity of even the most skillful solvers. The pattern provides for a generous number of unkeyed letters, resembling the style of British crosswords, and its freedom from the straight jacket of symmetry is a refreshing novelty.
Dudeney's Switch Puzzle, Howard W. Bergerson
Dudeney's Switch Puzzle, Howard W. Bergerson
Word Ways
This is the tale of a quasi-mechanical word puzzle propounded by Sam Loyd, a famous British puzzler, to Henry Ernest Dudeney, another famous British puzzler, around the turn of the century. Dudeney is best known for his work in the field of mathematical recreations, but he was also interested in word curiosities, and the Switch Puzzle is one of many included in his book, The World's Best Word Puzzles, published by the "Daily News" Publications Department, London, 1925.
Alice In Puzzleland
Word Ways
Reprinted by permission from the June 1925 issue of "The Enigma," official publication of The National Puzzlers' League.
The White Rabbit had come back. Evidently, the Duchess had forgiven him for his tardiness, as he was quite cheerful. ("Which is a blessing," thought Alice to herself, "for now, perhaps, he will not be so nervous.")
Puzzle Preferences
Word Ways
A poem, reprinted from the February 1926 issue of THE ENIGMA, official publication of The National Puzzlers' League.
From Sober To Drunk, Dmitri A. Borgmann
From Sober To Drunk, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
Illustrated to the left is a word ladder, converting the word LESS into the word MORE, one letter at a time. The example happens to be a perfect one, since the conversion of a word of "n" letters has been accomplished in "n" moves, the theoretical minimum. Such an ideal word ladder is easiest to construct when the vowel-consonant patterns of the beginning and ending words are identical. Where there is a significant difference in vowel-consonant patterns, a longer ladder is almost invariably required.
The National Philosophy Test, Temple G. Porter
The National Philosophy Test, Temple G. Porter
Word Ways
We have been treated (if that's the word) to the National Citizenship Test, the National Safe Driving Test, the National Medical Test, the National Income Tax Test, and the National Trivia Test (which, I take it, was a combination of the others). This collective lust for multiple choosing must have its logical upshot: the National Testing Test. But, before we get there, we must first cerebrate our way through a National Philosophy Test.
The Longest Word, Dmitri A. Borgmann
The Longest Word, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
What is the longest English word? That is a question which has always intrigued people interested in words. For a variety of peculiar reasons, it has, until recently, not been possible to give a simple, clear-cut answer. Should we restrict ourselves to "dictionary" words? If so, which dictionaries should we accept as admissible? Should we accept geographic names? If so, must such names be found in English-speaking countries, or is the entire world fair game? Should we accept biographical names? If so, must we restrict ourselves to names found in "standard" reference works, or are names in telephone directories equally …
Jim And The Bible, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Jim And The Bible, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
Some years ago, there came into our possession a dictionary requiring quite a bit of wording adequately to be identified: Nuttall's Standard Dictionary of the English Language, based on the labours of the most eminent, lexicographers, Fifth Edition, new and greatly enlarged, with extended Supplement, edited and revised by W. J. Gordon, published by Frederick Warne & Company, Limited, London and New York, 1932, reprinted 1936.
Naming The Numbers, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Naming The Numbers, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
The field of recreational linguistics is full of unsolved problems. The purpose of this article is to acquaint readers with one such problem, in the hope that someone will be inspired to work out a solution to it.
A Numerical Analogue To The Word Square, Dmitri A. Borgmann
A Numerical Analogue To The Word Square, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
So far-reaching is the power of words that it is even able to effect major changes in that rival domain, the world of numbers. We shall illustrate our thesis by considering the word square, a language form long regarded as Word's answer to Number's magic square.
Palindromic Fancies
Word Ways
A poem reprinted from the July 1925 issue of THE ENIGMA, official publication of The National Puzzlers' League.
Lo, The Poor Solver
Word Ways
Adapted from a sketch which originally appeared in the February 1926 issue of THE ENIGMA, official publication of The National Puzzlers' League.
Some years ago there lived in a small village in a certain large, western state a puzzler long since forgotten. The village in which he was born and spent his life is not now, unfortunately, represented in the directories of puzzles.
Simplicissimi
Word Ways
By and large, the problems offered in other sections of WORD WAYS are intended for seasoned veterans of the word wars. In this section, we are presenting much easier puzzles and quizzes, to encourage beginners on the road to word wisdom.
The "Jotto" Problem, Dmitri A. Borgmann
The "Jotto" Problem, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
The solution of difficult word problems seldom comes directly, or all at once. Usually, there is a gradual evolution toward the desired goal. Let us illustrate the process with what has come to be known as the "Jotto" problem.
Answers And Solutions
Word Ways
Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue.
Kriss Kross Kraft, Edward L. Lee
Kriss Kross Kraft, Edward L. Lee
Word Ways
Allied to the ordinary crossword puzzle, and often found in crossword puzzle magazines, is a type of puzzle known as "Kriss Kross." Essentially, it consists of a blank diagram of interlocking letter paths, and a word list representing some particular category, such as trees, birds, or cities. The number of words on the list exactly equals the number of words required to fill the blank diagram, and it is the solver's problem to insert the words into the diagram in such a fashion that they interlock correctly, with the entire word list being used and the diagram being filled completely.
Book Reviews, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Book Reviews, Dmitri A. Borgmann
Word Ways
The purpose of this section is to acquaint readers with books of recent vintage, currently in print, and holding special interest for word lovers. All books will be reviewed from the special standpoint of recreational linguistics.
Measurement Of Density Of Semantic Information., Norman Arlen Heap
Measurement Of Density Of Semantic Information., Norman Arlen Heap
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.
A Study Of The Recognition Of American English Intonation By Native Speakers., Clarence Wilton Mccord
A Study Of The Recognition Of American English Intonation By Native Speakers., Clarence Wilton Mccord
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.
A Descriptive Grammar Of The English Language Of The Early Sixteenth Century As Ascertained From The Corpus, 'The Castel Of Helth' By Sir Elyot., Marice Collins Brown
A Descriptive Grammar Of The English Language Of The Early Sixteenth Century As Ascertained From The Corpus, 'The Castel Of Helth' By Sir Elyot., Marice Collins Brown
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.
A Dialect Study Of Faulkner County, Arkansas., Patricia Joanne Hoff
A Dialect Study Of Faulkner County, Arkansas., Patricia Joanne Hoff
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.