A new genre offering opportunities for amusement involves what I call palingroans.  The first one appeared in Williard R. Espy\u27s  Another Almanac of Words at Play,  though he seems not to have appreciated the possible extension of his idea

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.t" Dictionary. ary. Chicago: lin, 1747. ish Language. tal Review 13 with Ga Ie Re­:iry, the most = 1988 edition has attempted nary of Acro-FIle In 1988 Y those acro­e about--ones puzzles. This :e book, from wish-American to label Me? d an acronym ~ In My Back ~nown, I be­ols (such as ~r have been warmly wel­be "use fu 1 in 237 PALINGROANS AND AMALGRAMS LEE SALLOWS Nijmegen, The Netherlands A new genre offering opportunities for amusement involves what 1 call palingroans. The first one appeared in Willard R. Espy's Another Almanac of Words at Play, though he seems not to have appreciated the possible extension of his idea: A man, a plan, a canal - Suez! Extrapolating from here, how about: Sums are not set as a test on Sir Thomas More (although 1 suppose cogito ergo sums might be set as a test on Descartes?). -­Of course, these days: Suns are not set as a test of the British Empire any more than Sons are not sent as a test of the British Empire but that is all rather by the way. Returning to main stream developmen ts, we have: Able was 1 ere 1 saw St. Helena as Napoleon once very nearly said, or, in Biblical vein: Abe1 was 1 ere 1 saw Cain By now perhaps the reader will begin to be wondering: Was it a rat 1 smelt? but no, only: Lee, evil as a live serpent In fact, the best in this collection is due to Evert Lamfers: A clan, a plan, a canal - The Caledonian! (canal, that is, linking the Moray Firth with the Firth of Lorne across Scotland). Remember Howard Bergerson's introduction in Pal­indromes and Anagrams to the "un i versally admired gem ... mined, cut and polished by Leigh Mercer, of London"? Well, now it's been undermined, recut and polished off by Professor Z. Einschwein, of Nij megen: Zeus! A man, a plan, a canal - Panama, Suez! Sacrilege, what? 238 Complementary to palingroans we have the inviting field of amal­grams: The nudist colony - no untimely clothes or. in other words: Desperation? - A rape ends it! I leave it to fellow logologists to extend the list. PALINDROMEDARY WHAT'S IN A NAME? This is the title of a chapbook series on onomastic topics, published by George H. Scheetz, 2814 Summit Street, Sioux City IA 5.1104-3743. Word Ways readers may recall his onomas­ticons, several collections of words with a common suffix, published In Word Ways since 1977. The first onomasticon, in the August 1977 issue, exhibited 40 words having the -onym suffix. This article, expanded to 137 -onym words, IS the subject of a monograph available from him for $5. Each of the words is defined, and the source given. The monograph is printed in a limited edition (50 copies). IS THAl JAN ACKERSm Three Oaks, In the 191 non e of his pany, a few centra1 Michi So by the p my part icu la which had t three pieces. Incredibly game, and t cently. expl testing and teaching my discovered " fun it was with a ring deep, and B, Even my s for example, Following in severa1 ' Group B. th( D, I just fi< often combin is ima gin ing with appropJ Group A Group B Group C 

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