It’s said that when Gustave Doré bought a villa on the outskirts of Paris, he had this notation inscribed over the entrance:
Do mi si la do re = “Domicile à Doré.” Get it?
Longfellow wrote, “Music is the universal language of mankind.”
Language
In a Word
horrisonous
adj. uttering a terrible sound
A Self-Intersecting Reflexicon
From Lee Sallows, a grid that inventories its own contents:
In a Word
hibernacle
n. a winter home
In a Word
napiform
adj. shaped like a turnip
Misc
- Can a symbol symbolize itself?
- OVERPLAY and UNDERPLAY are Pig Latin for PLOVER and PLUNDER.
- 11264 = 11 × 26+4
- Could the universe be moved one mile to the right?
- “The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.” — Marcus Aurelius
Alternades
Interleave the letters in LUG and ONE and you get LOUNGE. Similarly:
SOT + PUS = SPOUTS
SHOE + COLD = SCHOOLED
CANES + HILT = CHAINLETS
CLIPS + ALOE = CALLIOPES
FETES + LENS = FLEETNESS
TINILY + RENAL = TRIENNIALLY
And three words can be merged to produce a fourth:
DOT + ERE + CAD = DECORATED
LET + ARE + CAD = LACERATED
LET + IRE + BAD = LIBERATED
MET + ORE + DAD = MODERATED
SAT + ERE + PAD = SEPARATED
SIR + ILL + MAY = SIMILARLY
TUT + ALE + BAD = TABULATED
In a Word
scoteography
n. the art of writing in the dark
In a Word
hystricine
adj. pertaining to porcupines
Nothing in Common
SOUTH DAKOTA shares no letters with its capital, PIERRE. It’s the only such state.