Add to ORKGIn the February 1974 Word Ways, Murray R. Pearce presented a most helpful corrective dissertation on errors abounding in the specialized word books published by various contest firms. He rendered a distinctive service to the puzzle-solving readers of this magazine, and to all logologists. His list of omitted words and detected errors are a welcome blessing to prize seekers
When reporting discoveries in recreational linguistics, the careful logologist always specifies the ...
This article started life as a collection of odd slips of paper. While thumbing through dictionarie...
There is an old saying \u27Even Homer nods\u27. In other words, even the best of us can make mistake...
Contest enthusiasts (prize seekers) usually undertake gigantic projects in an effort to outsmart and...
Webster\u27s Dictionary defines colloquy as mutual discourse. Readers are encouraged to submit addit...
The August 1972 issue of Word Ways carried an article of ours entitled Further Websterian Errors . ...
For almost fifty years Webster\u27s New International Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edi...
Along with many other readers of Word Ways, I am a stanch admirer of Merriam-Webster\u27s Second Edi...
In the May 1977 Word Ways, Kickshaws guest editor Philip Cohen made a plea for more articles based o...
In a December 1981 letter, the editor of Word Ways proposed the following challenge:The September/Oc...
From any standard dictionary, we minimally expect the complete inclusion of basic words, consistency...
There are two separate editions of the current Merriam-Webster Pocket Dictionary. The first edition ...
When reporting discoveries in recreational linguistics, the careful logologist always specifies the ...
This article started life as a collection of odd slips of paper. While thumbing through dictionarie...
There is an old saying \u27Even Homer nods\u27. In other words, even the best of us can make mistake...
Contest enthusiasts (prize seekers) usually undertake gigantic projects in an effort to outsmart and...
Webster\u27s Dictionary defines colloquy as mutual discourse. Readers are encouraged to submit addit...
The August 1972 issue of Word Ways carried an article of ours entitled Further Websterian Errors . ...
For almost fifty years Webster\u27s New International Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edi...
Along with many other readers of Word Ways, I am a stanch admirer of Merriam-Webster\u27s Second Edi...
In the May 1977 Word Ways, Kickshaws guest editor Philip Cohen made a plea for more articles based o...
In a December 1981 letter, the editor of Word Ways proposed the following challenge:The September/Oc...
From any standard dictionary, we minimally expect the complete inclusion of basic words, consistency...
There are two separate editions of the current Merriam-Webster Pocket Dictionary. The first edition ...
When reporting discoveries in recreational linguistics, the careful logologist always specifies the ...
This article started life as a collection of odd slips of paper. While thumbing through dictionarie...
There is an old saying \u27Even Homer nods\u27. In other words, even the best of us can make mistake...