Weekly Wordplay May 1 '17

WORDPLAY post #46

Periodic postings of palindromes, Scramble-Town Maps (creative cartography), binomial phrases, limericks, etc. 

SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys and other spoofs on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post. 

HOT LINK to the Anagram Sister Cities Initiative - complete collection

HOT LINKS to collections of Classic/Goofy Palindromes #1,#2,#3

HOT LINK: See the entire collection of Magical Palindromes

Wordplay Puzzle #3: The State of MAINE Supports I-M-P-E-A-C-H-M-E-N-T

WORDPLAY post #45

CREATIVE WORDPLAY, involving anagrams
PUZZLE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, April 2017.


EXPLANATION: CREATIVE CARTOGRAPHY USING ANAGRAMS

The editor has developed a type of anagram-based wordplay that involves the unscrambling of key words, and the availability of unique 2-letter postal abbreviations for each state. This construct has been used, as explained in post #16 and post #33 on this blog, for the development of 'maps' for the key words 'R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C-A-N-S', 'D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T-S', and 'P-A-L-I-N-D-R-O-M-E-S'.  

 






The rules are as follows:

1. Form as many as possible locales which embody all the letters in the KEY WORD. The final two letters of the geographic designation must be a legitimate state postal abbreviation, e.g. ME for Maine.
2. The name of the village or town may include E. (East), N. (North) or Mt. (Mount or Mountain), but no other abbreviations are allowed. 
3. The name of the town or locale must consist of only dictionary-approved words, although these may be creatively combined to simulate actual places, e.g. "Namepitch ME".
4. Constituent words used in the locale (whether combined or separate) must be unique for each state. Thus, if "Namepitch ME"is listed, credit will not be given for "Meanpitch ME" or "Name Pitch ME".
The same constituent words may however be repeated in other states. In the example below, "Hen" appears in the Maine town of Impact Hen ME, and also in the Pennsylvania village of Henmice Mt. PA.  
5. Prizes may be awarded at the site-directors' whim, based on unusual performance.  To compete, record your entry in the Comments Box. (No tweeting, please)

For today's CHALLENGE: HOW MANY TOWNS (FANTASY or REAL)  CAN YOU DERIVE FROM THE LETTERS OF ? .....

I-M-P-E-A-C-H-M-E-N-T 

Hint: Preliminary investigation of this problem showed that the state of Maine (abbreviated ME) was the leading area for this sentiment. 

Scores are based on the total number of locales identified in the 16 relevant states. 

A submission of 25 additional locales 
confirms your status as a WORDPLAY STAFFMEMBER. 

A submission of 40 additional locales 
confirms your status as a WORDPLAY CABINET SECRETARY.

A submission of 50 additional locales 
confirms your status as a WORDPLAY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. 

The RESULTS, including the surprisingly extensive ANSWERS (more than 80 towns nationwide), will be posted in 1 month (the long time allowed for solutions in this case takes into consideration the difficulty of the task). 

STAY TUNED to this Blogpost

Note, in followup May 11... 
No submissions were received for this difficult puzzle as yet. Owing to the relevance of the answers to current pressing issues discussed in today's news, the answer will be posted on a separate blogpost. PLEASE SEE POST #48. 

Weekly Wordplay Apr 24 '17

WORDPLAY post #44

Periodic postings of palindromes, Scramble-Town Maps (creative cartography), binomial phrases, limericks, etc. 

SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys and other spoofs on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post. 

HOT LINKS to collections of Classic/Goofy Palindromes #1,#2,#3

Weekly Wordplay Apr 17 '17

WORDPLAY post #43

Periodic postings of palindromes, Scramble-Town Maps (creative cartography), binomial phrases, limericks, etc. 

SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys and other spoofs on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post. 

HOT LINKS to collections of Classic/Goofy Palindromes #1,#2,#3

Using PALINDROMES as a SPELLING-AID: True, False and Uncertain

WORDPLAY post #42

ASSESSMENT OF PALINDROMES, specifically those seeming to relate to spelling. Based on the classic palindrome, "No X in Nixon.", such reversible adages seemed worthy of review as to their veracity. 

AUTHOR:  Giorgio Coniglio, March 2017. 

Palindromic phrases and sentences are distinguished by green font.

FACT-CHECKER STATUS: TRUE



No 'D'; no 'L' - Boston; not (sob!) London. 

An 'A', 'B', a 'C', 'A' - cabana.

No 'L' lags - gallon. 

'X 'n 'Y', Lara - lynx. 

No 'K' in Nixon; No 'X' in Nikon. 

'X'; 'Y'; no 'Z' - onyx. 

A dog, a person: no 'S' re pagoda. 

A man, a person: no 'S' re Panama. 

No 'L' -  a Saxon;  no 'X' - a salon. 


FACT-CHECKER STATUS: LIKELY TRUE

No 'ROBE' - boron. 

No 'XI' - Dixon. 

No 'DARN' in radon. 

No 'YARN' in rayon. 

No 'LEMN' in melon. 

No 'MELN' in lemon. 

No 'LEMON' in "O, melon". 

Not a 'GEM'- megaton. 

FACT-CHECKER STATUS: FALSE



No 'X': - an axon.

No 'E' - eon. 

No 'XX' - Exxon. 

No 'X', Al - klaxon. 

No 'D'; no 'L' - London. 

"No 'I', told Ed - "Lotion." 

Not 'L' - I'm Milton. 

No 'E' - neon. 

No 'K' in Nikon.  

No 'X' in Nixon. 

No 'S': rapt parson. 

No 'S' re person. 

No 'L' - a salon. 

No 'M', lass. Tin is sin. It's salmon. 

No 'X' - a Saxon. 

No 'T'; no 'W' - wonton. 

No 'T'. Naw! - wanton. 

FACT-CHECKER STATUS: UNCLEAR

An 'A', 'n' 'A', 'B' - banana. 

'B'; mock 'K' - comb. 

'B'; 'M' along - no lamb. 

A 'C', a 'R', am I  maraca?  

A man, appetite 'P' - Panama. 

No 'E' - Exxon; no 'XXE' - eon. 

No 'H'-typo - python.  

No 'M' lasts. Old lost salmon. 

Not 'UF' - not on futon. 

EDITOR'S CONCLUSION: 


Based on the above analysis, palindromes appear to be an inappropriate linguistic mode for confirmation of orthographic truth. In fact, palindromes seem surprisingly misleading in this regard. 

Do you, readers, agree?