Excellent Weekly WORDPLAY Sep 4 '17

WORDPLAY post #77

Weekly postings of palindromes, Scrambletown Maps (creative cartography), binomial phrases, limericks, etc.
AUTHOR/EDITOR: Giorgio Coniglio, 2017.

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

HOT LINK: See the entire collection of Magical Palindromes

HOT LINK to the Anagram Sister Cities Initiative - complete collection

#1. One racist nips pints. I care? No. Ed, the Derailed Liar

#2. Don won’t bed debt. Now nod!  Ed, the Derailed Liar

#3a. Amana : (Panama?). 

     b. Amen: a Pietist site: (Ipanema?).   Hal Lelujah
#4a. Mix a.m. adage. Egad – a maxim! 

     b. Mix a.m. tenet – maxim.

     c. Art, “Name rare mantra.”          Hal Lelujah
#5. A man, a pun, a gag, a banana bag, a gnu – Panama. Melonia

#6a. Not a banana baton? 

     b. No! It’s a banana bastion.     Melonia  

#7a. An ‘A’, ‘B’, a ‘C’ - cabana.

     b. ‘X’, ‘Y’, no ‘Z’ – onyx.          Melonia

Giorgio's Weekly WORDPLAY Aug 28 '17

WORDPLAY post #75

Weekly postings of palindromes, Scrambletown Maps (creative cartography), binomial phrases, limericks, etc.

AUTHOR/EDITOR: Giorgio Coniglio, 2017.

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

HOT LINK: See the entire collection of Magical Palindromes

HOT LINK to the Anagram Sister Cities Initiative - complete collection

#1. A flan, a final plan, if an Alfa.  Sarah Palindrome

#2. A man, a pail, Amos – Somalia (Panama). Sarah Palindrome

#3. Ira, “Fast safari.”                        Sarah Palindrome

#4. God no! Pin taco-catnip on dog?     Pedro, the Goofy ‘Dromer 

#5. A Santa yodels. I’m misled (oy!) at NASA.    Pedro 

#6. Nacho? No! – no ‘D’; no ‘L’ – London ON (oh!) CAN   Pedro

#7. Sore? Bursitis rub, Eros.     Don’s Ho

Steps in Publishing a Research Paper

WORDPLAY post #76

A DISCUSSION IN FREE VERSE AND PROSE: re-published. 
ORIGINAL PAPER: Hurwitz GA "Perspectives: Steps in Publishing a Research Paper"  The Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha 65:3, 2002.  
EDITORIAL COMMENT: (Giorgio Coniglio, August 2017.)
This paper is republished in minimally revised form with the permission of the author. The original document is no longer available online; the original author occasionally is. 
                   
         


Steps in Publishing a Research Paper

VISION
Perspiration, compilation, statistication
Interpretation, equivocation
Submission (expectation, hypoventilation).

DERISION!
Indecision - ignition? deglutition? contrition?
-- Sub-plot excision 
-- Methods: precision
-- Conclusion: concision. 

REVISION
Approbation!
Promised promulgation, garbled galleys
Extra expectation
Acclamation, gratification, ostentation
Destitution (monumental reprint charges).

The reader is advised before undertaking this sequence to recall that Beatrix Potter submitted Peter Rabbit to every publishing house in England before privately publishing the work (1). The author (i.e. Hurwitz, ed.) bases the above formulation on his paltry pile of publications, and a rich record of rejections (2). 

References:

1. Taylor J et al. Beatrix Potter 1866 - 1943: The Author and Her World. London: F. Warne and Co. and The National Trust; 1987. 

2. Hurwitz GA et al. Various Unpolished Gems. J Med Irrelev 1978-2000. 

Unparalleled Weekly WORDPLAY Aug 21 '17

WORDPLAY post #72

Weekly postings of palindromes, Scrambletown Maps (creative cartography), binomial phrases, limericks, etc.

AUTHOR/EDITOR: Giorgio Coniglio, 2017.

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

HOT LINK: See the entire collection of Magical Palindromes

HOT LINKS: Review the entire collection of IMAGINARY NAMES for 

    ATLANTIC CANADA and for WESTERN CANADA.  

#1. Cain, a motor erotomaniac.      Don’s Ho

#2. I desire not one rise, Edi.      Ed, the Derailed Liar

 #3. Egad! No bondage.        Don’s Ho

#4a. "Nurses: Run!"

    b. Loots stool.              Pedro, the Goofy ‘Dromer
#5. Did I cite "Operas Are Poetic"? I did.  Pedro, the Goofy 'Dromer

#6a. Debut tubed.

    b. Sad nut, or lot I pace - Capitol rotundas. Ed, the Derailed Liar 

#7a. Strap on no parts.

     b. No! Tie it on.

     c. A butt tuba.        Don’s Ho

E Pluribus Unum: Latin States of America

WORDPLAY post #73
Creative cartography involving mottos of the American states.
EDITOR:  Giorgio Coniglio, August 2017. 

WORDPLAY LINK: WordplayPost #69 deals with the proposal to designate a chemical element as a target to be included to represent each state in the United States.
SONG LINK: On our sister-blog "Giorgio's Ukable Parodies", you can find the song "No Elements". This patter-song list of Latin nouns ending in -um has been subbed into the lyrics of Tom Lehr's "The Elements", with accompanying ukulele chords. Other songs dealing with Latin include "Elements of Etymology", "Using Latin and Greek" (a limerick medley), and the jazz ballad "Latin Cat's Strut".

FINDINGS: 
With the aid of Wikipedia, it was discovered that 24 states as well as the District of Columbia have Latin mottos. Other non-English languages used in state mottos include 1 each for Greek, French, Spanish, Hawaiian and Chinook. There are only 22 states whose mottos are voiced only in English (a few states have more than one official motto!).
These findings suggest that as the sole issue in a presidential election, the English-motto-only states would lose the Electoral college tally as well as the popular vote.  

English equivalents:
CT: Who transplanted sustains
DC: Justice to all
MA: By the sword we seek peace, but only under liberty
MD: Manly deeds, womanly words
ME: I direct 
NY: Ever upward!
VA:Thus always to tyrants
VT: May the 14th star shine bright.

English equivalents:
KS: To the stars through adversity
KY: Let us give thanks to God
MI: Manly deeds, womanly words
MN: I long to see what is beyond 
MO: The welfare of the people is the highest law
WV: Mountaineers, always free.

English equivalents:
AL: We dare maintain our rights
AR: The people rule
MS: By valor and arms
NC: To be, rather than to seem
OK: Hard work conquers all things. 
SC: While I breathe, I hope.

English equivalents:
AZ: God enriches
CO:Nothing without Providence
ID: Let it be perpetual
NM: It grows as it goes
OR: She flies with her own wings

A Note About "E Pluribus Unum"  

This 13-letter phrase was considered the de facto motto of the United States, and was included in the Great Seal.  In 1956, the status of official motto was given to "In God we trust".